Word: facings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Congratulations for the Sept. 28 cover. As I looked at Mr. Khrushchev's face framed by American scenes, I could only hope that the voice of America, so aptly illustrated by Artist Safran, was not jammed by our Russian visitor...
Ravenel, cutting across the field diagonally, was the last man with any sort of chance to catch the fleeting Taylor. He ran doggedly, with a look of desperation on his face, and he was too late. The team dazedly lined up for the extra-point attempt. From the battered and bewildered aspect of the players you could tell that the try would succeed. The Crimson tried to mount an offense in the game's closing seconds, but the squad's determination was gone. As the gun sounded, Ravenel was tackled hard on an unsuccessful reverse...
...James had taken his leave to catch the bus back to Ithaca. The assembled reporters, a much smaller group than usual, seemed reluctant to start the questioning. Finally a few queries came, about decisions, officiating, key plays, and injuries, and Yovicsin answered them all in a whispered monotone, his face expressionless as he spoke. As the conference ended, Yovicsin glanced at the game statistics. "We're on top of everything but what counts," he said, without humor...
...other schools, summer operation would also present certain peculiar difficulties: requirements for promotion in many public schools, for example, presume that teachers can study during the summer, and gain additional academic credits. And both public and private schools face the risk that working full-time might make a teacher "stale." This danger is especially acute in boarding schools like Exeter, for when the teacher lives in the same building with students and sees them a great deal outside the classroom, teaching becomes a full-time job, instead of an "hours only" occupation. In colleges where the work load...
...Like a pig in a poke" is the way coach Bruce Munro describes this morning's soccer game with Columbia. The varsity will face the Lions here at 11 a.m., and nothing about the contest--not Columbia's strength, the Crimson's lineup, the rules, or the condition of the playing field--is without its own measure of uncertainty...