Word: actions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...think these boys will pretty definitely be our top men for the rest of the season," Harper said. Alden Davis, a starter at the beginning of the season, is still out of action with a knee injury and doctors fear he will be unable to play until after exams...
...moved up to administrative jobs before the shooting started in World War II. As Director of Training Plans he was general manager of the Commonwealth's pilot-training program for a year and a half. Then, as a member of the Air Staff, he saw the R.C.A.F. in action from Britain to India. In the North African desert, his jeep ran over a land mine. Lucky Campbell's worst injury was a broken eardrum (which has healed...
...system does not "go like this: a player in a major sport gets his big H even if he sees only 5 seconds of action against Yale," as any member of the track, swimming, baseball, or crew organizations will gladly tell you. Even in basketball and hockey, only a comparatively few men see action unless the contest has turned into a rout. In swimming and track, you not only have to be practically on the first team just to compete against Yale, but you have to score points to earn your letter. The minor sports, then, are hardly the only...
...Bingham and his staff are fully aware of the trouble, which has been brewing for some time and poses a knotty problem, and an informal study (including a poll of former Harvard athletes) was begun last year to seek a solution. Mr. Bingham alerted both athletic committees for future action some time...
...pastel-colored books tacks. And Chief Randall and his faithful group of Police retired in a state of quiet but vigilant apprehension, carefully balancing the advantages of the open gates against the danger of possible nefarious incursions into the Yard from without. They have little to fear, however. Their action has gone far to break down the bars to free inquiry at Harvard...