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...linguistic experts testified to 32 different points of similarity between the anonymous letters and writings known to be by Helander. Most noteworthy: his peculiar abbreviation, "Nr:2" for "No. 2." A university charwoman testified that she found a scrap of one of the letters in Helander's scrap basket. Then the bishop's fingerprints were discovered on three of the letters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Bishop of Strangnas | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

Dark Victory. In Pullman, Wash., in the last minutes of a basketball game with Washington State College, Gonzaga University's Star Jerry Wells lost his way, drove down the court, put the ball in his own team's basket, thus won the game for Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 4, 1954 | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

Dashing down the basketball court, dribbling the ball past the defense, the Boston Celtics' Bob Cousy raced toward the basket. In the midst of a mid-air leap he palmed the ball in his ham-sized right hand, faked a pass, swung the ball behind his back into his left hand, then took his shot toward the basket-all before his feet touched the floor. The ball dropped through without even touching the rim, and the crowd of 13,837 in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden broke into cheers. Most of them had come to watch Cousy perform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Basketball's Little Big Shot | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

Thorn of Plenty. In Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. John Henry called in private detectives to track down the people who were responsible for sending her three sweaters, two pairs of tailored levis, a $5 basket of gold chrysanthemums, a wedding cake, and a maternity wardrobe-all C.O.D...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 21, 1953 | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

John Hurst (Lowell)--President, Freshman Athletic Council; P.B.H.; Caisson Club Executive Board; Varsity basket-ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sixteen Candidates Vie For Student Council Positions | 12/16/1953 | See Source »

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