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...indifference to the way opponents knee and trip and hook him, that performance in Detroit explains why Hull's peers as well as his public regard him with something approaching awe. Yet respect, even adulation, are intangibles. Hockey has also given Hull the tangible trappings that befit its reigning king. Chicago is paying Bobby $40,000 this season, and if the second-place Black Hawks can overcome the Montreal Canadiens' eight-point lead in the East Division-or better yet, win the Stanley Cup-there will be some fancy bonus money as well. Next year, Hull says...
...statement continued, "Until now there have been too few organized efforts to accord sustained teaching and research on these problems the institutional standing and commitment which befit their importance, and which are required to attract and hold the best minds. We see the programs announced today as a first large step in that direction...
...statement continued, "Until now there have been too few organized efforts to accord sustained teaching and research on these problems the institutional standing and commitment which befit their importance, and which are required to attract and hold the best minds. We see the programs announced today as a first large step in that direction...
...crumb of knowledge; he gives knowledge for hope. There is even a suggestion that they may meet at the dance hall the following Saturday. The novel has its charm-a disconcerting quality in a New Realist book-but the woman's magazine touch at the end does not befit...
Folly pursues us at every stage of our lives. If someone seems wise, it is only because his follies befit his age and his position...