Word: calvin
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...commander of the "Fighting 69th" infantry. After the war he grew rich as a lawyer for moneyed interests, constantly dashing off on shadowy foreign missions of commerce or diplomacy. He was a Republican candidate for Governor of New York, acting Attorney General of the U.S. under Calvin Coolidge and an oft-mentioned presidential possibility. When Franklin D. Roosevelt asked him to form a civilian intelligence service at the outset of World War II, Donovan followed the dictum of Stewart Menzies, his counterpart in the British secret service: "Intelligence is the business of gentlemen." Columnist Drew Pearson accurately described Donovan...
...Captain Calvin Dixon led the Crimson chase, speeding up the tempo of the Harvard offense with spin shots from inside the key, underhand scoop layins and jump shots off the dribble. Dixon hit a team-high 19 points on the night, leading an offense that had sputtered in the first period of play to a 47-point stanza and its first Ivy win since the Dartmouth game in early January...
Freshman David Bernard played a solid 30 minutes off the bench, tallying 12 points on 50 percent shooting. Sophomore guard Bob Ferry, the most consistent cager, chipped in 16 points. Despite a defense that keyed on him only slightly less than it keyed on Trout, Captain Calvin Dixon managed 12 points and a game-high seven assists...
...Stone, 75, journalist: "The first President I shook hands with was Calvin Coolidge. In those days the President would shake hands with any high school class that arrived in Washington. There was so little for him to do. Reagan is very similar to Coolidge...
Seconds later Harvard point guard Calvin Dixon dribbled the ball off a four and out of bounds. Dixon thought the foot belonged to a Cornell defender, but the referees ruled otherwise...