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...wings, Joe Restic harbors one intangible, his "13th man." No. 12, Restic says, is the substitute who is sure to come off the bench sometime during the year and give the team a certain spark that leads to victory. But No. 13, Restic says, is spirit, the one asset this Harvard team has in abundance...
...wings, Joe Restic harbors one intangible, his "13th man." No. 12, Restic says, is the substitute who is sure to come off the bench sometime during the year and give the team a certain spark that leads to victory. But No. 13, Restic says, is spirit, the one asset this Harvard team has in abundance...
...detested McCarthyism and promoted trade with China and ties to Cuba. Criticized for running a one-man show, "Dief the Chief was eventually defeated by Liberal Lester Pearson, partly because he refused to arm Canada's NATO force with U.S. atomic weapons. Elected to Commons for a record 13th time last May, he appeared on TV five days before his death, decrying the divisions in his country: "Suspicion, fear, all those things that deny unity are present...
Fellini's crucial error is his movie's governing conceit. Rehearsal is built on a single, restrictive metaphor: the notion that a symphony orchestra can stand as a paradigm of society as a whole. Set entirely in a lovely 13th century oratory, the film ostensibly describes the rehearsal of an unnamed piece by the late film composer Nino Rota. But very quickly Fellini bends his dramatic situation into a cautionary tale about the dangers of anarchy. The musicians begin by goofing off and refusing to play together; then they break into open, violent revolt against their German conductor...
...first Eastern title in the University's history and the end of a six-year Princeton reign, brought the sweetest satisfaction to a team loaded with record-breakers and sharp personalities. Freshman Ron Raikula, taking 13th at the NCAAs in the 200-yd. backstroke, diver Steve Schramm, advancing to national competition after hitting his head on the board in practice before the qualifying rounds, and Bobby Hackett, triumphing at the NCAAs in the face of a team let-down were just a few of the jewels in the Harvard crown...