Word: benjamin
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Dulles' first ambition was to be a minister. Then his maternal grandfather, John Watson Foster, President Benjamin Harrison's Secretary of State, inspired him to be a diplomat. While still a junior at Princeton, Dulles was taken by his grandfather to the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907. At that time Grandfather Foster was representing not the U.S. but his law client, the Imperial Government of China-and Dulles' first job was as secretary to the Chinese delegation. Among his duties: riding around in a carriage paying courtesy calls, handing out Chinese visiting cards, going the social...
...Dyke Benjamin's 9:08.5 clocking in the two-mile is overshadowed by the 8:58.9 credited to Penn State's Dick Engelbrink. However, Benjamin is well rested, and he will probably be running against Engelbrink without the exhausting effects of a previous mile race. No one really knows what Benjamin can do if he concentrates on the two-mile; the result may be a pleasant surprise for the Crimson...
...Albert Benjamin ("Happy") Chandler, 60, an up-from-newsboy who wants to be elected Democratic President of the U.S. in 1960. Back in the 1935 Kentucky primary, Happy grabbed the patronage-controlling Governor's chair, parlayed it into a U.S. Senate seat (1939-45) and then-after a showboating interlude as baseball high commissioner (1945-51)-stormed back home by 1955 to take the chair back from his enemies. To become the Democratic nominee for President, Happy must nominate his own successor, and through him establish control of the state delegation to the National Democratic Convention...
Improvement awards were given to Hank Abbot in the shot put, Lee Barnes in the 220 and 440, Dyke Benjamin in the distances, and Art Cahn...
Gordon was surely one of the best captains in recent history; his running skill and his leadership held the team together. Benjamin's gritty victory in the Heps typified his tremendous determination that gave him one University record and may yet give him another. These two, along with 11 other seniors, will be missed next year...