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...Michigan Coach Bennie Oosterbaan firmly fastened on his crown of thorns. "The boys are in terrible shape," said he. "They've put on a lot of extra weight and they're soft. And that Bear line is big and rough." Michigan's coach had reason to fret over his team's season record, too. With five victories, three losses (Michigan State, Army, Illinois) and a tie (Minnesota), Michigan had the poorest record of any Rose Bowl team in 33 years...
Open to Everyone. Sandy-haired John Baker, who had been associate dean of Harvard University, was no man to sit and fret about adversity. He seemed to be everywhere at once. At 8:30 each morning, the daily parade of visitors found him in his office ready to see one & all ("You can't administer in a vacuum," says he. "My door is open to everyone"). Later, he would be striding about the campus, inspecting and making plans, tossing out a cheerful "Howdy" to whomever he met. Late at night, while the fire crackled in his study, he went...
Moviegoers often fret about Tarzan's morals, and write in to ask if he and Jane are married (they are not). Fans also want to know the origin of Tarzan's child (he was found in the jungle, of course), and how Tarzan and Jane happen to be living together in a tree house without benefit of clergy. Says Producer Lesser, loftily: "It has never been suggested that Tarzan and Jane share the same...
...London last week, six Prime Ministers and one Foreign Minister from the Commonwealth Nations joined British Prime Minister Clement Attlee to fret over a problem that might rudely upset the Commonwealth's finely adjusted balances. The problem was posed by the fact that India, now a free dominion within the Commonwealth, had declared her intention of severing her connection with the Crown; she would become an "independent sovereign republic" next August...
Next to eating Mexican food, the thing California-born Richard A. Gonzales probably enjoys more than anything else is taking life easy. When the mood hits him, "Pancho" plays tennis, but he is not the man to fret long hours over improving his backhand, or his serve, or his volley. Says he: "I just want my whole game to get better all over." At 20, strapping (6 ft. 2 in., 195 Ibs.) Pancho is the most thoroughly unstudied champion ever to win the U.S. National singles crown...