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...that the Harvard House gained last year marked the fist time since the war that the Eli's did not gain the Trophy outright. Except for the years 1943 through 1946 when there was no competition, Harvard has won the Cup only once, in 1942 when the Crimson triumphed in seven of the nine contests. Including last year, the series has ended in a tie three times. In the eleven years of actual competition, Yale colleges have won 56 contests, Harvard Houses 41 and there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harkness Trophy Still Not Found; Thieves Unknown | 11/25/1950 | See Source »

Attendance for the fist three football games has dropped 46 percent from last year, according to a survey released yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football Attendances Around Nation Slump | 10/27/1950 | See Source »

After slow playing in the first period, the freshmen were suprised by Exeter's forward Carlton Yarnall nearing two goals within five minutes in the second quarter. Yarnall kicked the fist score with a perfect head-high boot into the center of the goal from 30 feet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exeter Halts '54 Soccer Team, 3-0, To Break Yardling Winning Streak | 10/26/1950 | See Source »

Within a radius of one mile of Union Square (Ground Zero), the city would appear to have been struck by a giant fist. Within that radius would be the lofty Empire State Building, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building; the teeming cliff dwellings of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town; Klein's department store; 14th Street's subway complex; a labyrinth of gas mains, water lines, telephone cables, electric wires; 55 elementary schools, high schools and trade schools; 17 universities and private schools; twelve of the city's hospitals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIVIL DEFENSE: The City Under the Bomb | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

...first agonizing weeks in Korea proved well enough that all this coin had failed to develop the sinews of war. Said one military man: "The fist is still there, but the muscles of the arm have been wasted away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Background For War: Why Was the U.S. Unarmed? | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

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