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...Quakers took advantage of two power-play situations in the third to grab their fifth and sixth goals and give them a one goal margin. Bill McDonnell lit the lamp at 2:22 and Leef got what then seemed to the game winner at 10:05, with Doug Elliott out on a ludicrous tripping call by the referee...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Crimson Six Edge Penn, 7-6, In Wild Ivy League Thriller | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

...Congress failed to act on Nixon's larger plans-to merge six Cabinet departments into four-the President has gone right ahead and created a super-Cabinet by Executive order. The effort is receiving mixed reviews-as a laudable effort to streamline Government, or as a worrisome presidential grab for ever-stronger authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Rage to Reorganize | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

Load of Hay. Truman's investigation saved the nation billions of dollars during the huge hurry and grab of wartime procurement. By 1944, his personal stature had grown so impressive that some Democrats saw him as a way out for F.D.R., who was looking for a new running mate to replace the controversial Henry Wallace. James Byrnes was proposed and Truman even agreed to nominate him. But the final choice was an astonished Harry Truman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The World of Harry Truman | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

President Nixon calls for "the middlization of America" and as a first move renames the Supreme Court building the "Burger Palace." Harvard Treasurer George F. Bennett ends the problem of his succession when executors of his will reveal he has bequested his son to the University. But IRS agents grab over half of Bennett Jr. in estate taxes. Professor James Q. Wilson is put on disciplinary probation when it is discovered that the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities was written by a termpaper company...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Year Ahead: Less of the Same | 1/4/1973 | See Source »

Silver came off the bench to score 15 big points and grab 9 rebounds when Harvard desperately needed them in the second half. Silver was a life saver for Crimson coach Bob Harrison whose face were an anguished and worried look as his forwards were forced off the floor...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Cagers Beat Holy Cross, 91-80 | 12/20/1972 | See Source »

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