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...very interesting story of September 27 about Professor Sacvan Berkovitch and the origin of his first name. The Crimson stated that the famous anarchist Sacco and Vanzetti, "were hanged in Boston for treason during the Red Scare." They were not indicted for treason but for killing a guard during an armed robbery, and they were not hanged but electrocuted, as I have first-hand reason to know...
...obviously not complaining at the moment, having followed an ECAC title with a strong recruiting year. He saw first-hand just how much his prized recruit could do for a team last spring when an all star team of Massachusetts skaters took on the best schoolboys from Minnesota, long regarded as the one region that bred better players. The Bay Staters pummelled their visitors by scores of 14-3, 6-2 and 8-0. Bourbeau led all scorers with 10 points...
...will conduct a seminar on Latin American theology at the school for one week in July, said yesterday. "One thing we need desperately is more mutual understanding, to provide an opportunity for people to see first-hand what is happening in the country...
...personal level, Tuchman's early years gave her a first-hand view of this 20th-century disillusionment by bringing her time and time again into contact with the forces and events that shaped the century...
...business is the welfare of individual students and hence the work of the Board must always be confidential. Members of the Board are not free to discuss the circumstances of individual students save with the students themselves and therefore reports of the Board's work never have the first-hand immediacy of descriptions of Faculty meetings and Undergraduate Council meetings...