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Budding Irony. With the infinite patience of a housewife unsnarling an atrocious tangle of wool, Author Wedgwood shows just how the men of Parliament, aided by the Calvinist Scots, wound up the bright Cavalier cause, captured its fugitive leader and beheaded him. Their answer to flamboyant dash was the sturdy discipline of Cromwell's and Fairfax' "New Model army"; their retort to royal deceit was tough, businesslike cunning-along with an ironhandedness that eventually gave Cromwell the very absolutism he had denied to Charles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Under Two Flags | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

Landau could be the key figure of the spring season. He is nearly unbeatable in the hurdles, and he can team with Dodge to present a formidable twosome in the dash. A few performances like his four firsts in last year's Yale meet could mean a lot to the Crimson...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 4/8/1959 | See Source »

Dyke Benjamin came in fifth, 17 seconds behind Dick Greene set a Heps and Barton Hall record of 9:20.7. Dash man Sandy Dodge was a disappinting fifth in a blanket finish at 60 yards, and the Crimson failed to score in the 600, the 1000, and both jumps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Track Team Places Fifth In Heptagonals With Weak Showing | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

...Fitzgerald could win the mile run, although he will have to beat Cornell's Chuck Hill to do it. If Sandy Dodge's leg holds out, he is the equal of everyone in the dash except Yale's Steve Snyder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Varsity to Enter Heptagonal Meet Today | 3/7/1959 | See Source »

After ten minutes of continuous play at the start of the second period, three men were again called for penalties within 50 seconds. Breaking away from his own blue line after Anderson was detected holding, Vietze forced an interference penalty to stop a solo dash on Tanner, then lured a leg-check infraction from Marquis. Nothing came of the advantage, however, as Larry Creighton, brother of N.H.L. star Dave, killed time beautifully...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Terriers Edge Sextet In Third Period, 3-2; Marquis Scores Two | 3/3/1959 | See Source »

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