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Another potential sacrificial lamb comes to town this afternoon to meet the unbeaten Crimson squash team. A lackluster Amherst squad should provide the varsity with its eighth straight win of the season as well as a welcome breather after last week's win over Army. Match time is set for 3 p.m. on the Hemenway courts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten Racquetmen Face Amherst Today | 2/13/1954 | See Source »

...court, Warren moved in with a friendly and casual air. When he takes a breather from work at the neat desk in his oak-paneled office, he often strolls through the building greeting surprised employees with a hand outstretched and a self-introduction: "I'm Earl Warren." Said one guard: "He shakes more hands in one day than many other Justices do in five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUPREME COURT: The Fading Line | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

...winds blowing from the rule book. The return to the one-platoon system swept the boring scramble of unlimited substitutions from the fields: games were easier to follow and shorter, players more versatile. Fans flocked to the stadiums to hear the bands and cheer the helmeted heroes, crowded even breather games in hopes of an upset. Two of the most bruising battles so far saw Big Ten Champion Wisconsin losing to U.C.L.A., 13-0, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and Big Seven Champion Oklahoma slip past Texas, 19-14, in Dallas' Cotton Bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: BIGGER THAN EVER | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

About this time last year, it looked like an easy game. "It ought to be a breather," the CRIMSON said. It ought to be a breather, the bookies agreed, and they made the varsity a five-touchdown favorite. It ought to be a breather, concurred confident Cambridge fans, only 6500 of whom turned out for the contest...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Winless Davidson Is 4-Touchdown Underdog | 10/31/1953 | See Source »

...Wildcats, then, may upset both Crimson confidence and bookies' odds. They may not win, but they have the power to prove that, just as last year, the game won't be a breather...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Winless Davidson Is 4-Touchdown Underdog | 10/31/1953 | See Source »

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