Word: best
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...When you talk about the good hurdlers in this country, you've got to talk about Joel Landau," McCurdy continued. Landau has great competitive desire and terrific speed; if he ironed out his form, he could be the best...
From its presentation of the best in European culture last week in Razzia, the Brattle has now turned its cinemascopic concern to the affirmation of those ideals that have inspired the American republic for centuries. This movie can partly be regarded as an expression of the American tradition of intellectual pragmatism as exemplified by C. S. Pierce and William James. It is in short, a "how to do it" and "who to do it too" in the most idealistic sense...
...nothing more in this play than is contained in the beer glasses raised in the final scene, that the movie is essentially comic. There are those who would say: 2) that the answer to the query of the title is summarized in two words "Swing it" (in the best metaphysical sense of the term). In answer to these cynics, who will remain nameless at this time, I can only say 1) that they must remember that there is often a thin line between comedy and tragedy, as between life and death, and 2) that they must remember the essentially pragmatic...
...Crimson track team is "one of the best, if not the best" squad in recent years, according to coach Bill McCurdy, but it still "has its work cut out for it" in intercollegiate competition. All the varsity's future opponents, notably Yale and Army, have improved tremendously, and a few freshman wonders may provide even tougher competition next year...
...mile relay for Yale in 49.7, which McCurdy called "a really outstanding indoor time." From that point on, the race was no longer in doubt, and Yale finished well ahead of the Crimson in 3:22.5. The Yale two-mile team, running without Tommy Carroll, possibly the best half-miler in the nation, and Ed Slowik, another gifted middle-distance man, still won its race in an excellent...