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...with how much the legislators thought the University benefited Massachusetts. 12. Harvard could contribute more to the benefit of the Commonwealth. Could 71.2% Could not 9.1% Don't know 19.7% 13. Harvard contributes greatly to the Commonwealth. Does 27.4% Does not 54.9% Don't know 17.7% As a clincher question the poll asked. 14. Harvard contributes greatly to the benefit of the Commonwealth. Does 62.9% Does not 21% Don't know 16.1% 15. If I had a son of college age I would be happy to have him attend Harvard. Would 71.2% Would...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Poll Shows General Court's Views on Harvard | 6/22/1950 | See Source »

...first league contest by upsetting second-place Adams, 33 to 29. The Elephants got away to a fast start, but Adams tied it up with 30 seconds to play. Then Ralph Robinson broke clear and put Eliot ahead and a few seconds later, Charlie Hugo tossed in the clincher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot, Dudley Win Court Games as Intras Get Rolling | 2/14/1950 | See Source »

...self-governing "code." While it considered what to do, it got the worst blast of all. In Clifton, N.J., Elementary School Principal Charles M. Sheehan flatly blamed "the late hours kept by children due to television programs" for schoolwork "inferior to my accepted standard." As an anti-TV clincher, Schoolmaster Sheehan announced some damaging statistics: "Last year at this time there were but two failures in one class. This year, in the same class, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Case Against Crime | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...clincher came near the end of the game when center Jim Merkle intercepted a Puritan desperation pass on the Winthrop 35 and ran it over the goal line behind timely blocks by Bill Boucher and Joe Domenie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot, Adams Continue Undefeated | 10/26/1949 | See Source »

...Clincher. In Brighton, England, transport experts from 20 nations, meeting to standardize their obsolete timetables for more efficient, punctual travel, held up their meeting 20 minutes waiting for latecomers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 24, 1949 | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

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