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Despite the one-sidedness of the final results, both teams have maintained their respective esprit de corps through the years, and for the visiting squad the match is nothing short of a golfing crusade. At the same time the Walker Cup Match has been essential in fostering the spirit of comraderie that exists between golfers on both sides of the Atlantic...
...value in having students pay attention to the material without distraction, Riesun said, was his motivation in offering a course with no final exam. "But since every course at Harvard competes with every other course for a student's attention, we had to establish a special esprit de corps...
...This esprit de corps would create an atmosphere in which everyone would participate in group discussions, rather than a few "usually male" students and the section leader, he said...
...appearance may reflect, sustain and nourish his personality." But William Rehnquist, writing for a six-Justice majority, said drily that where the state's standard is not "so irrational that it may be branded arbitrary," the individual's rights must bend "to the overall need for discipline, esprit de corps and uniformity." The nation's police could reasonably have expected a more tolerant view from Rehnquist: his own sideburns and locks would not pass the Suffolk County standards...
...camaraderie of the Bengals is the only part of pro football that has surprised McInally so far. He says the team has the esprit de corps of a college team. The same kidding around he remembers from Harvard football...