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European immigration has left Wisconsin with a distinct state culture rather than a microcosm of the national culture. Early settlers brought native European culture with them--their food, dress, dances and community customs...
This year's Ivy League Championship looks like a two-team race between Princeton and Pennsylvania. Harvard should be rated a strong possibility for third, along with defending champion Yale, but it must show great improvement before challenging the top two. Harvard has one distinct advantage--it plays both Princeton and Pennsylvania at home this year...
...ancient Greece, the Olympic Games were a sacred rite, quite distinct from any other facet of the classical existence. They were the supreme test of the individual, and in his triumphs a source of great pride to the chauvinistic city-states. During wartime the Greeks would halt hostilities to observe the Olympiad--a tribute to the gods. In a very important way, the Games and athletics in general stood above the political sphere...
...causes inflammation of the lower respiratory tract, bronchiolitis (as distinct from upper-respiratory bronchitis) and pneumonia...
...Harvard dean with his own sources of information is convinced that the President will take no action at all. This is a distinct possibility. Since last March, Johnson has studiously avoided personal involvement in the controversy. He has taken every opportunity to delay his decision, including asking the Defense Department for this new selection system after it had submitted a half-dozen. The draft is a delicate issue, and the President evidently prefers not to tangle with...