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...father, who was of the Class of 1901, had had to go to chapel every morning. President Eliot read the Bible lessons in those days. By the time of the November hour exams I was so busy studying (and worrying that I wouldn't make it) that I forgot about becoming a clergyman. President Lowell didn't miss me, I know, because I used to meet him and his small dog walking through the Yard and he never even raised his stooped head to speak...
...greasy pole," he said when he became Prime Minister, and this series is a capsule history of that slippery ascent. He was able to enter politics only because his father had fought with his synagogue and had had his children baptized as Christians. Disraeli's enemies never forgot his origin, however, and when he was finally elected to Parliament, he was hooted down when he tried to speak. "The time will come when you will hear me," he responded. It was a prediction he made come true through force of will and intellect. Inch by inch he pulled himself...
...misnomer and misspelling was added missed opportunity. The top California colt, Codex, was ineligible to com pete after his trainer forgot to enter the horse's name on the Kentucky Derby nominating list. Codex had won the Hollywood Derby and beaten Affirmed's time in winning the Santa Anita Derby, so his absence weakened the field considerably. Training injuries kept other key colts from the contest. Adelphi University Mathematics Professor William Quirin ran a computer comparison of Derby entries and passed harsh judgment: "This is the second worst crop of three-year-olds to come along...
...played a bad game, we just wanted this one so much. We all went out and tried to get it by ourselves and forgot to play the structured team offense that allows us to score consistently in the tough games," co-captain Dave Wigglesworth said yesterday...
...lightweight crew coach Peter Raymond baked a cake but forgot to put the icing...