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Last week Harvard returned to the victory column by fighting off a strong challenge by M.I.T. to win by a deck length on the Charles. This week Coach K. C. Chase remarked, "We still have a lot of potential for improvement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Lights Race | 5/5/1961 | See Source »

...varsity, using the same lineup that lost to Navy last week, sprinted home a scant deck length ahead of the Engineers after leading by half a length with three-quarters of a mile remaining. The Crimson covered the Henley distance in 6:57.4 despite a troublesome cross-wind...

Author: By Rudolf V. Ganz jr., | Title: Lightweights Down MIT, Dartmouth To Win 6th Straight Biglin Bowl | 4/29/1961 | See Source »

...Chicago's suburban Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit at Elk Grove Village: "Each of Dr. Bonnell's points can be demonstrated separately, but if the Protestant hope for a larger place in the sun is based on these indicators, it just isn't in the deck. For one thing, the population explosion goes against it; most of the children being born into the world are not and never will be Christian. The population's mobility goes against it; a mobile Protestant population can't sink profound religious roots. And the intellectual communication necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Ravens on the Branch | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

...sings a song. The music will not seriously disturb anybody except musicians, but the words ("She's a new destroyer type Every turret round and ripe") are really going to raise Ned in the 4,400 Pat Boone fan clubs. Anyway, after 98 minutes on a cliche-cluttered Deck, even the most loyal Boone companion may say amen to this unwittingly witty bit of dialogue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pat's First Pat | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

developed their own three-deck, 15-auto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Railroads: Hot Fight with Hoffa | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

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