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...fact that year after year the CRIMSON is in error on almost all its predictions does not dampen the enthusiasm which attends this yellow journalistic ritual, and again this year other members of the Harvard community may try to pin the tail on the donkey. The CRIMSON will once more hold its oft-acclaimed Name the Honoraries Contest, and this spring the prize will be a slightly used copy of the CRIMSON Telephone Directory--brought up to date by numerous corrections...
...peaceful Western offensive in the doctrine of liberation-a doctrine, as he wrote in 1952, by which he did not envisage bloody uprisings but hoped to keep alive the nationalist hopes of captive peoples, to the point where the Russians would have to yield increasing amounts of independence to dampen restlessness (setbacks for the doctrine: the 1956 bloodletting in Hungary...
Hopefully the state legislature's delay in holding a hearing on the matter will not dampen opposition to the bill. The voices of civic groups, the press and individuals should convince the state of the importance of keeping the Basin...
...Sunday serenade from the Lowell Bell Tower. Although these concerts provide, week in and week out, the greatest source of pleasure to the music-loving public in Cambridge, they seem particularly enjoyable at this otherwise bleak season of the year. One always fears that the pressures of studying may dampen the bell-ringers' wonted enthusiasm, and their devoted following was relieved by yesterday's unusually outstanding concert...
Rain threatened to dampen "Woody's" farewell performance with the Harvard Glee Club at Tanglewood's Berkshire Music Festival last Sunday afternoon...