Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since Cambridge's mayor automatically acts as chairman of all city committees, Crane's victory is a considerable success for the CCA. His position as mayor will break a deadlock on the Cambridge School Committee, whose six-man membership had been split evenly between CCA endorsed candidates and independents...
...unofficially reported that Crane received the mayoralty for two reasons: 1) He had polled the most votes, 4,405, in the Council election. 2) He gave up his strong bid for the mayoralty in 1947 to break a deadlock in the Council that had lasted for some 1250 ballots and two and a half months...
...more significant reflection on the alumni may be found by comparing the geographical statistics of Harvard's squad with those of its closest rivals. This year the Crimson's varsity roster contains men from 11 states, a fair average until you break it down further...
This is ridiculous. One non-scholarship student, a member of the Varsity first-string lineup for two years, puts it thus: "Why doesn't Harvard give athletes an even break?" Not athletic scholarships, mind you, nor lowered entrance requirements, nor easy courses: just an even break. The H.A.A. and the Student Employment Office will not guarantee a job--a real job, where you work for the money you get; and the Housing Office will not guarantee a room in the same price bracket throughout a man's college career. Neither of these steps can be called "subsidizing...
Shepard kept his charges going against the Techmen for more than two hours, trying out different combinations of players and stressing his co-ordinated, fast break attack...