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Before the hockey season began, a member of the Williams sextet remarked that everyone at Williamstown was pointing to the Harvard game as the big one. To the Crimson, however, today's contest at 4 p.m. at Watson is only a mid-week breather between important defenses of its Ivy League title...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Sextet Plays Williams | 2/14/1956 | See Source »

Actually, few economists think it possible for the economy to keep rising with the same speed of 1955. But though the U.S. may rest to digest what it has already produced-and the breather may stir up cries of "recession"-the forecasts for 1956 are impressive by any standard. For 1956, Administration economists predict a total G.N.P. of $403 billion, 4% higher than 1955. Personal income is expected to jump to around $310 billion, about half the 1955 advance, while savings hold steady at the 1955 rate. Though industrial production will not equal igss's 11 % jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Business, Jan. 9, 1956 | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

...like nothing better than playing Harvard in 1957," said Brisco Inman, Centre's Athletic Director. He agreed with members of the Crimson's 1921 team that Centre would make a fine non-Ivy League "breather" for the varsity, and that the game would boost the H.A.A.'s sagging home ticket sales...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Centre's 'Praying Colonels' View Return to Cambridge | 12/6/1955 | See Source »

...anyone expecting a slaughter in the Stadium will probably be disappointed. This Bucknell team is no pushover, no mid-season breather. Although it has lost three of its five games, it boasts a strong offense, averaging better than 20 points a contest...

Author: By John E. Grady, | Title: Varsity Eleven to Meet Underrated Bucknell | 10/29/1955 | See Source »

...Yardling hockey team had a breather Watson rink yesterday, after beating previously undefeated Dartmouth on Saturday, 3 to 1. The breather gave the freshmen a 19-1 victory--their thirteenth straight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yard Six Coasts to 19-1 Win After Close Weekend Test | 2/15/1955 | See Source »

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