Word: cadets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their ultra-American patriotism, the cadet seniors had saved up their base pay for four years in order to buy the ultimate symbol of traditional American brute power and gaudiness, a Chevrolet Corvette. GM's domination served as a fitting contrast to Cambridge, where such automotive monstrosities are rare and BMW's and Volkswagens are the only cars one seems to see. The fact that I have a BMW, however, makes the validity of this analysis open to serious doubt...
...into an argument about rent, her landlady quietly acquired a court order to sell off the apartment's contents if she did not pay $1,375 within five days. A teacher in the Peace Corps was dismissed after he admitted smoking one marijuana cigarette. A West Point cadet was unceremoniously expelled when he piled up five more demerits than academy regulations allow. For all three individuals-and for many more like them-such penalties were apparently unavoidable; someone in authority had decided that they had broken the rules. Nonetheless, all three went to court-and in each case...
Related to the new legal attitude is an increasingly liberal interpretation of an individual's liberty and property. Thus the West Pointer's opportunity to gain a commission did not have any specific price, but it was nonetheless judged to be of substantial value. At the cadet's hearing, he was able to successfully challenge enough demerits to remain in school, but the decision could perfectly well have gone the other way. When the Pennsylvania rent payer's legal situation is finally settled, the landlady may well win the right to claim the furniture legally...
About the only thing in the Cadet's favor is a string of home victories over the Crimson running all the way back to 1962, but given Harvard's overwhelming superiority Army may need a minor miracle to avoid a crushing defeat this year. Harvard priming for an important two-week training session in the Canary Islands and an Eastern League showdown with an extremely powerful Dartmouth team in early January, will probably look past today's meet...
...hurdles, Stowell rates Harvard's Dewey Hickman as "the best in the field." Distance men Quirk and Rojas are the favorites in the mile and two mile respectively, but they could have some tough going against Cadet miler Bob Aim and two miler Ed Flynn, Rojas will be supported in the two by Marsh Jones and Bill Durrette...