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Although Fitzsimmons is well aware of his talents, he is far more confident than conceited. Outspoken and frank, he should be one of the more colorful sport personalities at Harvard. And as a player, well, as the man who once hit on 15-for-18-shots in a game against...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fitzsimmons: Wait Till Next Year | 4/14/1971 | See Source »

Cavanagh is also an all-American hockey player within reach of the all-time Harvard scoring record. He isn't conceited, and he plays cleanly. He is Chip Hilton and Brone Burnett, he is a fourth-grader's dream come true.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hackey, Net Star Joe Cavanagh Is American Dream Come True | 4/24/1970 | See Source »

He turned aside Michigan Governor George Romney's "friendly" challenge to debate because "the only winner of a debate between Republicans would be Lyndon Johnson." He expressed his "great respect" for Nelson Rockefeller, but refused to count him as a rival now because "your opponent is the man in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: Nixon's Dream | 2/9/1968 | See Source »

"I grew up being precocious and brash and conceited," says Britain's latest acting sensation, David Hemmings, 25 (BlowUp, Camelot), "and I thought that the only way to live was to live selfishly." Ah, but that was before Hollywood's newest starlet sensation, Gayle Hunnicutt, 23, came along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 2, 1967 | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

None of the seven cast members has made much of his character, in part because they lack definition in the text. Burnering deals with a father and two daughters moving away from each other as the daughters grow too old to give their father the devotion he so completely dotes...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Burnering | 5/5/1967 | See Source »

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