Word: bows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Radcliffe senior with her bow and arrows won the Annex archery intramurals for the Class of '49. Elizabeth Tecker; last year's archery chairman for the Cliffe Athletic Association, chalked up 80 points towards the intramural trophy, which the forty-niners have now held for three consecutive years. Two Freshmen Robin Hoods fan a close second to the one-girl team...
...equal in the status conferred upon us by birth, in our rights before the law, in economic opportunity, and in our right to bow down only to our God. We are all equal but, by God's grace, we are not all the same . . . The highest purpose to which we could dedicate ourselves is to rediscover the everlasting variety among...
This afternoon when the Band plays "Wintergreen," a touch of sadness shall be mingled with the cheers. While some folks whistle, others will bow their heads as a tribute to the man who was once among us but who is all too absent in this election year. For if the name of John P. Wintergreen (formerly "for President") were on next Tuesday's ballot with Mr. Truman, Mr. Dewey and Mr. Wallace, the American political scene would come alive, and it would once more seem that "posterity is just around the corner...
When they stepped into the boat, said Staktopoulos, Vasvanas was at the oars, Mouzenides in the stern, a stranger in the bow. They rowed out into the bay. Then, said the prisoner, "Mouzenides told me to tell Polk, 'for security's sake we'll have to blindfold you.' Polk replied: 'I've no objection; go ahead.' " Then Polk's hands & feet were bound. "We continued rowing out to sea. Suddenly, I heard a shot. I jumped up, saw Polk fall forward on his knees . . ." Staktopoulos did not know why he wasn...
...tradition, the woodwind choir was outstanding (many a top U.S. woodwind player learned his trade from the French). Some in the audience missed the drilled precision of U.S. orchestras. Explained Director Barraud: "Our musicians are individualists. I don't mean that one violinist will be pushing up his bow while another is pulling his down, but there are differences in technique. We may not be so mechanically perfect-but we sound better." Few listeners were ready to go that far, but most agreed that the French orchestra had a cleanness and agility that many a U.S. orchestra lacks...