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Word: evens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...game progressed and the play became more ragged, the opposing coaches began to pace the sidelines. Ekpebu was the only forward on either team to get even a close shot. Then came the shot that brought the fans out of their seats, and McCall was a hero...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Soccer Team Nips Indians on Late Goal, McCall Boots in Free Kick for 2-1 Win | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

After being reluctant about taking up the problem at all, the United Nations General Assembly has reluctantly voted a mild, almost anemic resolution condemning--no, not even condemning--expressing "grave concern" over "reported" repressions in Tibet. The Communist Chinese, chastened by this stinging rebuke, will no doubt immediately withdraw their forces, and the bespectacled Dalai Lama will soon make a triumphal re-entry into Lhasa, with Life magazine on the scene to cover the event with the same breathless fervor it devoted to his "miraculous escape...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Reluctant Combatants | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

...with the Administration too concerned with the "spirit of Camp David" and too reluctant to tip the boat, the U.N. has in turn been reluctant even to use strong language against palpable Chinese repression of the Tibetan revolt. Admittedly, there is a legal question of jurisdiction, just as there was, significantly, with the Sudetenland and Manchuria and Ethiopia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Reluctant Combatants | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

...Band's characteristic financial troubles started early, and tea dances were sponsored in the early years for extra revenue. The organization never, however, was subsidized or controlled by the University. The Band constantly increased its size each year until there were about 80 men marching in 1927. Even then, improvisation was necessary. For instance, at one game violins had to be borrowed to play the missing clarinet parts in the football songs. Two of the members that year were Leroy Anderson '29, renowned composer, and Malcolm Holmes '28. From 1942 until his untimely death in 1953, Mal Holmes...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: University Band Celebrates 40th Anniversary | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

...lino-typist's nightmare," but the Band usually seems to put on an orderly presentation for the football crowds. A sign of progress was seen in 1957 when it had grown enough through the years to be able to spell Y-O-V-I-C-S-I-N, even with dotting...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: University Band Celebrates 40th Anniversary | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

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