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Somebody's Firing Blanks; Could Lampy Be the Target?

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"Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts," the postcard said. It was mailed in Brooklyn, U.S.A. "I wonder," pondered Mrs. Madeline Sullivan of the University Information Office, "what this could be about? Trees, maybe? Or bums? Probably not an application for admission; most Brooklynites stayed in the Regular Army. Three squares a day, you know."

But she wasn't prepared for the clear white space which greeted her eyes when she turned the communication over. First throught was Irvin H. Blank, research fellow in Dermatology. Or maybe Carlos A. Blanco '49, or Dorothy J. Blanker at the School of Education, or Euan T. Blanch 1M. Finally she sent it to the Lampoon, one-time University funny magazine. "They've been drawing blanks for years," she said.

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