Word: connecticut
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...theater, General MacArthur was decisive in all his answers. But Connecticut's Democrat Brien McMahon reminded him that he had said the problem was global in nature. "If we go into all-out war," said McMahon, "I want to find out how you propose in your own mind to defend the American nation against that war?" Said MacArthur: "That doesn't happen to be my responsibility, Senator. My responsibilities were in the Pacific." Global solutions were the J.C.S.'s business, he declared. Did he know the number of atomic bombs the U.S. had? That Russia...
Schmitt, a member of Phi Betta Kappa, received the Augustus Clifford Tower Fellowship for a year of study in a French university. He is a History major and a graduate of New Canaan High School, New Canaan, Connecticut...
...grades, allowed students to determine their own direction and rate of progress. On the side, he stumped the country in support of the League of Nations, later espoused such lesser causes as simplified spelling ("thru") and the Eighteenth Amendment, ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. senate and the Connecticut legislature...
...fact that the Bruins have five left-handed batters in their lineup. The southpaw-slugging outfield plus two lefty infielders have wreaked havoc among Eastern League right-handed pitchers this season. So far Brown has split two close contests with Rhode Island and over-ridden the University of Connecticut, Holy Cross, Pennsylvania, and Yale...
Bruin coach Lefty Lefebvre has no such problem. Eager for a win over the Crimson, Lefebvre has his mound ace, senior Bill Hayes, ready for today's game. Hayes, a six-foot-two right-hander, slid a variety of curves and a good fast ball past Connecticut, Holy Cross, and Yale for a 3-0 record...