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...Memorial Hall was more than enough--Harvard's drive to amass a whole collection of them ought to be halted before it's too late. The University now seems likely to acquire the Bennett Street MTA yards and the threat of an orange-topped How-ard Johnson's being erected in our midst has been averted. What will rise in its stead, however, no prudent man can say. Seeing the practical jokes University architects have perpetrated in relatively cramped spaces, there is no way of imagining what they will do with twelve acres. Clearly, something must be done about Harvard...

Author: By Russell B. Roberts, | Title: Incinerator Gothic | 5/20/1963 | See Source »

Princeton's one first-class forward, John Cook, currently leads the Ivy League in scoring with 19 points and could supply minor heroics for Tiger fans tonight. The high scoring senior amass and five points in his last outing. But that performance was against Dartmouth, which equals Princeton as a league loser. Cook was held scoreless by Dava Johnston and others in Cambridge...

Author: By Robert A. Ferguson, | Title: Hockey Varsity Favored To Wallop Tigers Again | 2/27/1963 | See Source »

Anyone with an irresistible craving for Coca-Cola had best amass a large supply quickly. If a meeting today does not succeed in ending the two week old local coke producers' strike, the beverage will soon be unavailable in the Boston area...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union Strike Causes Dearth of Coca-Cola | 11/30/1962 | See Source »

Salling on the Thames River in New London, Conn., the Crimson crew defeated the Coast Guard by narrow margins in four of the five races to amass a total of 151 points compared to 150 1/4 for the Academy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors Win Fowle Trophy | 11/18/1962 | See Source »

...originally unearthed by Social Worker Thomas E. Gaddis in his 1955 book, Bird Man of Alcatraz. Fact is, Stroud, offscreen. was a stiff-necked, arrogant, impenitent man and at least initially a homicidal threat to society. Like Caryl Chessman, he had just enough brilliance and flair for publicity to amass widespread public sympathy for his cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Solitary Rebel | 7/20/1962 | See Source »

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