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With Bilodeau playing on defense for most of the afternoon, Harvard probably will not try much in the way of passing from the halfback position. Don't be surprised to see Mike Bassett at least cock his arm now and then, however, Bassett, for all the stories to the contrary, is not too bad when he actually throws, and he is supposedly gaining confidence in this part of his game...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Rugged UMass Invades Stadium Today As Crimson Eleven Makes 1963 Debut | 9/28/1963 | See Source »

...army and police force. His ranee was Sylvia Brett, the beautiful daughter of a viscount who, it was said, had been Sir James Barrie's inspiration for Peter Pan. Another literary admirer was George Bernard Shaw. When Sylvia *married the rajah in 1911, he wrote: Ride a cock horse to Sarawak Cross To see a young ranee consumed with remorse. She'll have bells on her fingers, And rings through her nose, And won't be permitted to wear any clothes. The Brookes had three pretty daughters, who grew up in England and were known to every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarawak: The Rajah's Return | 5/17/1963 | See Source »

Captain Jack (Andreas Teuber) is less convincing. He has all of the pay-cock's swagger, color, and noise--and just a bit too much of this last: do all Irishmen shout quite as much as the ones on the Loeb stage?--but he has so little of the necessary humor. He probably shouts simply to obscure his brogue which is obscure, but my goodness, man, that's no way to tell a joke. Kenneth Tigar shouts his jokes too, but that's because he realizes they are all basically the same joke (he is asked to call everything "Darlin...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: Juno and the Paycock | 3/22/1963 | See Source »

...Sarah Lawrence has eliminated status. All faculty members are teachers--there is no professional hierarchy, no political cock-fight for tenure The community recognizes no distinction of age, clubs, or academic discipline--indeed there are no clubs, and "field of concentration" is a definition only loosely applied. And above all, Sarah Lawrence has dispensed with the currency of college life: there are no grades...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan and L. GEOFFREY Cowan, S | Title: Expansion Threatens Sarah Lawrence Ideal | 3/9/1963 | See Source »

...complete surprise to the citizens of Cambridge," growled Vellucci. "Rudolph comes up with this cock-eyed plan to remove snow off main thoroughfares. He should have tackled the snow problem last summer." Vellucci added that he didn't want his constituents fined...

Author: By Donald A. Skolnik, | Title: Vellucci Says Traffic Chief Ignores City | 12/18/1962 | See Source »

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