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Word: fours (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...eight-point spurt by Yale in the closing four minutes enabled the Elis to take a 76-70 victory over Harvard's varsity basketball team in a close Ivy League game last night...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Elis Outdistance Hoopsters, 76-70 | 2/8/1969 | See Source »

...Harvard scoring was evenly distributed as four men tallied in double figures. Chris Gallagher and Mike Janczewski netted 17 points apiece to lead the Crimson offense, but Yale's talented sophomore Jim Morgan led all scorers with 21 points. Gallagher's output moved him to within 15 points of the tenth spot among Harvard career scorers. The Crimson's Ernie Hardy topped all rebounders with...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Elis Outdistance Hoopsters, 76-70 | 2/8/1969 | See Source »

...teams battled evenly at the start of the game, and the score was 8-8 after four minutes. Yale then took command and piled up an 11-point lead, 26-15, with nine minutes left in the half. This was the Eli's biggest margin of the evening...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Elis Outdistance Hoopsters, 76-70 | 2/8/1969 | See Source »

Johnson got the weapon he wanted in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Act gave the secretary of HEW the awesome power of cutting off all Federal funds to school districts that did not "satisfactorily desegregate." The importance of the fund-cutting power became clear in the next four years. While court cases dragged on for months and forced only minimal concessions from Southern school districts, Johnson's HEW got quick results when it applied the financial pincers. By 1968, the mere threat of cutting funds was enough to convince eight previously-recalcitrant districts to desegregate...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Jamie, Strom, and Dick | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

Going into today's match Harvard's lineup has been re-arranged slightly. Nayar and Terrell remain at 1 and 2 respectively, but the return of Olympian oarsman Fritz Hobbs moves Michel Scheinmann down to four. In addition, Fernando Gonzalez has moved ahead of John Ince to the number 5 position and Ed Atwood has jumped ahead of Peter Abrams to the number seven spot. Saeve Whitman and Jaime Gonzales remain at nine and ten respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Squashmen Will Encounter An Upset-Minded Williams Squad | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

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