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Harvard has embraced these men and others of similar achievement in a manner few other schools could. They are the bastard heroes born out of holy wedlock, the illegitimate heirs to our future memories of the glorious days past...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Harvard Athletics: A Casual Romance | 9/1/1974 | See Source »

...Well, the point is, whatever we say about Harry Truman, while it hurt him, a lot of people admired the old bastard for standing by people ... who were guilty as hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: The Most Critical Nixon Conversations | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...been denounced on the floor of the Oklahoma legislature, been called "bastard" by state officials and a "lying s.o.b." by a newspaper publisher. A fellow editor once threatened to "slap his teeth out," while another stormed that he was not fit to lick boots. To such aspersions "Frosty" Troy retorts: "I'm a zealot." Then he returns to making more enemies in his job as the publisher, editor and principal reporter of the Oklahoma Observer (circ. 4,164), a twice-monthly tabloid that hits wealthy and powerful Sooners like a dust storm. Says Ed Hardy, press secretary to Oklahoma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Sooner Scrouge | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...royal limousine, McConnell remembers saying with typical British cool: "Look, old man, these people are friends of mine. Don't be silly, just give me the gun." He moved forward to take the weapon, when suddenly "there was a blinding flash, and I remember thinking, 'Christ, the bastard's shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Terror on a London Mall | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

After a year of bastard claims to the throne, North Carolina State finally attained legitimacy last night. Led by crown prince David Thompson's 21 points, the Wolfpack banished court jester Al McGuire and his Marquette Warriors, 76-64, to formally capture the NCAA basketball crown...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: N.C. State Trounces Marquette; Notches NCAA Crown, 76-64 | 3/26/1974 | See Source »

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