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...would relieve tension through pranks," says A. Thomas Conlin '42, who will return for his 55th reunion this year. Conlin, who currently resides in Whittier, CA. recalls painting a sundial like a barber shop post and corralling bikes in spring 1940 atop Kirkland House...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Reading Period--An Academic Time of Year | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...gets the most ink, but gambling is where the action will be. Online betting--primarily through Websites that let you wager on sports events, enter lotteries and play casino games--is still in its infancy. Between $100 million and $200 million will be gambled online this year worldwide, says Whittier Law School professor and gaming-industry expert I. Nelson Rose. That's just a tiny portion of the national habit, of course. Americans legally hazarded an astonishing half a trillion dollars in 1995, earning the gaming industry profits of $44.4 billion--more than the net revenue from movies, music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYBERSPACE CRAPSHOOT | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

Before their tourney at Amherst, the Crimson enjoyed a relaxing and water polo filled spring break in California. Harvard dropped games to tough teams from USC, Occidental (8-5) and Indiana (9-8) before defeating Whittier (13-4) and Pomona (11-6) to finish the break with a 2-3 record...

Author: By Matthew F. Delmont, | Title: W. Water Polo Wins Out West | 4/8/1997 | See Source »

...exactly, Grove wonders, is Intel going to persuade people to drop another $3,000 each time a new, extra-ultra-powerful PC gets invented, instead of sticking with last year's merely ultra-powerful model? "You can't push 100 million-plus PCs into the marketplace," admits Ron Whittier, senior vice president of Intel's year-old Content Group. "There has to be some kind of pull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD GETS WIRED | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

BORN: March 21, 1952, Whittier EDUCATION: U of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1973; Harvard U, J.D., 1977; UCLA, M.B.A., 1989 FAMILY: Wife, Greta Lautenschleiger; one child RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: Navy Reserve, 1986-95 OCCUPATION: Business executive POLITICAL CAREER: California state director of planning and research, 1991-93; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 8572, Calabasas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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