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Harvard had three good opportunities of its own in the final moments, but Cornell's oversized sophomore goalie, Parris Duffus, kept the Crimson offense at bay with his gutsy play...
...some tough times. Coach Bill McCutcheon must make do with a rag-tag offense (a weak recruiting class and only two remaining guns, Ryan Hughes and Joe Dragon). His young defense, however, looks reasonably solid. Upstart Parris Duffus mans the pipes, and David Burke and Paul Dukovac will anchor the blue-line. Visions of Harvard Hockey...
...polo pony, of course, lent to the Prince of Wales for a few chukkers with the Nairobi Polo Club on his tour of Kenya with Sister Princess Anne. Later, Charles bestowed his first accolade. With the traditional ceremonial sword of the Princes of Wales he dubbed William Duffus, President of the Appeal Court of East Africa, on both shoulders, pronouncing him "Sir William," and motioned him to rise. Then, the ceremony of knighthood being what it is these days, he smiled somewhat sheepishly and shook Sir William's hand...
...York Times, Critic R. L. Duffus examined the commission's complaint that papers judge news by " 'recency or firstness, proximity, combat, human interest and novelty.' . . . Such recommended items as 'decrease of intolerance' or 'increase in the sale of books of biography and history' do get attention when you can put a finger on them. ... A newspaper devoted largely to undramatized 'significant' news would not last long. This is human nature...
...Veblen is also the father of the so-called "Institutional" economists who try to describe the workings of the economic system without imputing either praise or blame. Duffus argues that Veblen was less interested in fostering a revolution than he was in describing what went on around him. Duffus recalls how Veblen shocked him one evening by remarking that there was one thing to be said for capitalism, "It works...