Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Edith Kingdon Gould Martin, 37, great-granddaughter of "Robber Baron" Jay Gould, sometime child poetess, harpist, actress (Agatha Christie's Hidden Horizon), World War II lieutenant (j.g.) in the WAVES, and Guy Martin, 47, lawyer: their first daughter, fourth child; in Washington, D.C. Name: Edith Maria Theodosia Burr. Weight...
Zeph Stewart, Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Adams House, concurs with Perkins' emphasis on the importance of the shortness of the four year period in student thinking. "College years are so important. The worst thing is that going to college can't be redone. If the college years are wasted they are irrevocably wasted. Students who feel this intensely and who find that they are not getting enough out of the place or who are unhappy often leave...
Carroll F. Miles, Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Dunster House, has defined somewhat unique reasons for leaving: "The curious type is the student who leaves in January of his senior year. This is a person who is potentially bright but who has done nothing in college. He wants to go away in order that he can come back and have one great year. In some cases, usually seniors, students leave to postpone their occupational choice another year. Of course, sophomore year is the crucial one for most, a natural time to leave...
Miler Delany was the only competitor left to satisfy the record-hungry crowd. And this time he tried. He settled into his snug, easygoing stride and watched Maryland's Burr Grim sprint ahead of him into a swift first quarter. Clearly, Grim was going to try to pace him past Gunnar Nielsen's indoor mark of 4:03.6. And Ron was willing. But he thought Grim was starting just a little too fast and he hung back, well off the pace. When Grim faded, Ron got up on his toes and ran for the record...
Down on the West Virginia bench, Coach Fred Schaus crunched a program in his country-ham-sized hands and grimly watched his lanky, burr-headed Mountaineers put the ball in play. Around him, Philadelphia's Palestra was rocking with astonished delight. With a 75-10-72 lead, the local boys from Villanova were just 30 seconds away from upsetting undefeated West Virginia, the nation's first-ranked team...