Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Quickly battling back, Capp proclaimed, "It is true that the elder Rockefeller did the equivalent of giving everybody in America a dollar. But Mr. Nixon has given us something twice as valuable--Richard M. Nixon." He said his announcement of Nixon's candidacy would come as a shock to the vice-President, who "has been all over the country" trying to do his present...
...clash was one of the most exciting in Harvard annals. With 17 minutes left in the game, the varsity had a comfortable 27-7 lead, thanks to brilliant play on the part of tailbacks Carroll Lowenstein and Dick Clasby, wing-back Bob Cowles, and fullback John Culver. But Brown roared back; with two minutes to play, the score was 27 to 20, and the Bruins had a first down on the Harvard six. The Crimson line, anchored by guard Bill Meigs, held on for the triumph...
Brown snapped back with a 28-14 victory in 1949, but the Crimson won in 1950, 14 to 13, on Dike Hyde's extra point, after Lowenstein's running and passing had brought the team from behind. The two rivals split in 1951 and 1952, and the Crimson's 1953 win intervened before Brown began its reign of power...
...least like the picture one sees of Twain these days. He even talks and walks like one would expect Twain to walk and talk, and produces a very convincing portrayal of a vigorous old man. He acts some stories out, wanders from rostrum to table to chair and back again, puffs leisurely on a cigar, and generally presents an animated and engrossing performance, despite the fact that Holbrook is the only person on stage all through the two and a half hour program...
...yesterday's observers reported that almost 400 of the 466 students who ate at Lowell House last night came back for seconds or took two helpings the first time around. The researchers also checked the speed of the lines, and studied what food was eaten and what was discarded. These surveyors will use the same analysis if an temporary, self-service line is installed...