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...front row of the U.S. Supreme Court last week sat Ada Lois Sipuel, a shy and slender Negro girl, watching the justices. One by one they leaned forward to ask questions; and usually their questions were phrased to badger the attorneys for the State of Oklahoma. They were all talking about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Ada's Day in Court | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

Each time Andy got ahead there were cries, "You're lucky, Andy." The crowd wasn't really against Andy: it was just that he was fun to badger. Twice, trying to knock down a lone pin, he committed the amazing error of guttering the ball, like any Thursday-night office league dub. The crowd jeered. Not until Wilman's last ball was bowled was the championship decided. Joe needed a strike to win, and left the tenpin standing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: I'm a Man, Huh? | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

Yosemite National Park heads the list of most frequented California ski re-Dome stems the five-mile Bishop Creek run, five shorter trails, and an excellent slope downhill run descending 700 feet in little over a half mile. Badger Pass sports a ski life and three rope tows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bored? 'To West, Young Man' Is Advice to Embryonic Pro | 12/18/1947 | See Source »

During the entire contest, Badger backs were faked out of position only three times. They didn't intercept any passes simply because they chose to obey the old axiom of staying behind the potential receiver...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

...Badger tackling was precise and vicious. "Hit 'em at the shoe-strings" seemed the Midwesterners' motto and time after time Eli ball-carriers would find their feet blasted from under them and land with a jarring thud...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

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