Word: firsts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...This plehora of contradictory and evasive responses is reminiscent of the man in the Sholem Aleichem story who, when asked by a neighbor to return the pot he borrowed, responded that, first, he had already returned it; second, it was broken when borrowed; and third, he never borrowed it in the first place...
...hard to believe that at this time Harvard is seriously putting forth its first argument about quotas being discriminatory; fortunately, its agreed commitment to 9.3 per cent disposes of the theoretical issue. But let us look closely at that figure and Harvard's unwillingness to accept the OBU demand for 20 per cent, as important in it self and as illustrative of Harvard's attitude of giving inch by inch grudgingly-which belies their statement of Dec. 2 that "our interests are the same as OBU on these quesions...
Linebacker Gary Farneti and defensive halfback Rich Frisbie were chosen to the first defensive unit; and punter Gary Singleterry was the football coaches' choice for the second year...
Junior goalie Bill Meyers and forward Solomon Gomez were surprisingly the only first-team selections from the second-ranked soccer team in the country. The two-man representation was unusually small for an Ivy League championship team...
Varsity soccer coach Bruce Munro said he was not pleased with the choices. "Everybody I've talked to thought we should have had more first-team selections. This was probably the best soccer team Harvard's ever had." he said...