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...Crimson had lost to Navy but had whipped Army in the Heps. Yesterday, things were switched around. Cadet Jim Warner, injured most of the season, improved on his Heps time by 1:16. And Navy's Buzz Lawlor, the Heps champion, pulled a stitch yesterday and hobbled home in 143rd position...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Crimson Harriers Finish Eighth in IC4A's | 11/15/1966 | See Source »

Harum-Scarum. Later he took more interest, especially as Winston was becoming more expensive. Winston had scraped into Sandhurst but only into the cavalry, which was not expected to have as much brains as the infantry. Horses and the higher style of living required of a cavalry cadet would cost Lord Randolph an extra ?200 a year. Winston, high-spirited as always, had the nerve to express pleasure at his feat in getting into Sandhurst at all. His reward was a letter from his imperious papa which must rank as one of the nastiest ever written by a father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Like a Delinquent Dunderhead | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

...team is going to have to move out fast to win the Heps. Army, the defending champs with their whole squad returning, will be favored if healthy. But the two top Cadet harriers -- Jim Warner and Paul DeCoursey -- have been mysteriously absent from recent Army meets, and there is a good chance they will miss the Heps entirely...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Renaissance for Runners: One of 4 Heps Favorites | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

...gained enough scholarship support to ensure his education without parental help. As a sophomore, he not only proved a top student, but found time to star on the wrestling, boxing and swimming teams, and become captain of the rifle and pistol squad as well as cadet battalion commander in the ROTC. He also got his first taste of political activism. Ferdie took to the soapbox to comment acidly on everything from the curriculum to the policies of the Philippines' first President, Manuel Quezon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: A New Voice in Asia | 10/21/1966 | See Source »

...Reading of Captain Carpenter's heroism [June 17], I rummaged through old sports programs for the one of the 1959 Army-Navy game. Under the cadet's portrait is the statement, "Bill seems destined for leadership." Never has such an accurate prophecy been made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 1, 1966 | 7/1/1966 | See Source »

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