Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...FIX" PLAYERS SENTENCED...
...emphasis Fix...
...Manhattan courtroom, General Sessions Judge Saul Streit addressed himself to an unpleasant duty. Awaiting sentence before him were 14 college boys under indictment in the New York basketball fix scandal.* All had pleaded guilty. Judge Streit listened gravely to the recommendations of the district attorney, who wanted the boys left unpunished as an encouragement to others to testify against the gamblers. Then the court announced his decision...
...easy to agree that certain systems of moral values will lead a person to resist the temptations of basketball fixers, but there is very little agreement as to which system of morals will do the best job. It is interesting to note that many of the basketball fix cases involved colleges run by religious orders, where a system of morality is generally a central part of the curriculum...
...Luce's script gives her every chance to flood the stage with tears, purity, and goodness. Every character has at least two problems, and it seems that only Margeret can fix things with the Lord for them. As the play rolls on, the problems rapidly deteriorate into such a tangle that even Margaret has serious trouble fixing things for everyone--including herself...