Word: backes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Almost put out of business, by the failure of the Virginia concert trip in 1947, the band came back in time to make every game away during the 1948 season. On their way back from Virginia the musicians had played on the capital steps in Washington, almost missing their train home...
However the Crimson's showing over this period is deceptive. As is the case in many of Harvard's traditional rivalries, the Crimson holds the edge now because it piled up a large number of victories way back when--long before the other team got wind of the finer points of football...
...back came the Crusaders with one long pass and a long scoring pass featuring the drive. And with the help of several very bad Harvard punts, and several more very good passes by Malloy, the Crusaders were on the one inch line at the half. Only a fine goal-line stand prevented a touchdown...
...have trained few Germans as administrators; the ones we have trained are running into active hostility set off by Nazis still squatting in office. The autocratic German educational system remains severely unchanged; 90 per cent of teachers fired as Nazis have been rehired. German newspapers have been licensed back to their former owners...
With parliamentary governments functioning in both Austria and Germany, it is no longer possible for the occupation forces to return to any sort of direct control. The Nazis are back for a long stay. The best that can be done is to diminish their influence by giving every reasonable encouragement to the democratic regimes...