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Harvard's running thinclads had little trouble outnavigating their Ivy rivals through the four-inch puddles in the first lane. Crimson quarter miler Nick Leone proved to be Harvard's finest swimmer, negotiating the rain-soaked course in 49.7. Harvard's Joel Peters came in a strong second behind captain Leone...
Thieves is the finest work to date by a director who is arguably the most skillful to emerge in this country during the last ten years. Thieves Like Us, based on Edward Anderson's novel, concerns a trio of bank robbers in Mississippi in the 1930s. It is the Depression and more than ever, people have to steal from each other to live. The banker, of course, steals with his pen and his brain, and when the bankrobber steals from him, the banker inflates the amounts missing to get more insurance. The world is in a mood to make heroes...
...common agreement, the finest throwing arm in the history of the U.S. Military Academy belongs to Omar Nelson Bradley, Class of '15. After a distinguished career as outfielder for the West Point baseball team, Bradley went on to make a succession of spectacular martial catches: commander of the Twelfth Army in World War II, postwar Veterans Administrator, first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and, at 81, the only living five-star General of the Army. Bradley returned last week to the ivied walls on the Hudson for the dedication of the Omar N. Bradley Library, which will...
...less than one month, the Triple Crown will be up for grabs again. The nation's finest three-year-old thoroughbreds will be poised in the starting gate at Churchill Downs; their owners will be sweating; and thousands of fans will be screaming as the chase for Secretariat's crown gets underway with the Kentucky Derby...
Among the proven Penn starters is Andy Muhlstock, upon whom many of Penn's hopes are pinned this year. Muhlstock is tabbed as one of the finest pitchers in the East. He racked up a 9-2 record with an ERA of 1.69 last season. Far from a slouch at the plate, Muhlstock also contributed to the squad's success with a .344 batting average--best on the team...