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This year's Tiger is a toothless version of the beast that terrorized the bottom of the Ivy League last season, but it wears a foolish grin as a result of its 5-3 record and third place ranking. Despite the loss of the league-leading line of last season--John McBride, John Pell and Pete Cook--Princeton already has posted its best Ivy record since...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Sextet May Clinch Ivy Title Tonight Against Princeton in Last Home Game | 2/28/1961 | See Source »

...like a dirt farmer for days and nights, exhausted Orville Freeman left off from his new chores at the Agriculture Department and went to the movies. Moments after he sat down, the man behind him tapped Freeman on the shoulder. "This," said the President of the U.S. with a grin, "is a hell of a way to write a farm program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Capital Notes: Feb. 24, 1961 | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

...Cardinal Sin. The Amin brothers' sin was not sedition but success. Like every other Cairo paper, Akhbar dutifully printed interminable Nasser speeches and daily photos of the dictator's dazzling grin. But it also continued to be the racy, mischievous paper that Cairo readers (except the puritanical Nasser) had learned to love. In Akhbar, Nasser's highly publicized visit to India last spring played second fiddle to a story with the banner head: MAD KILLER SHOT IN SUBURBS. Nasser was further irked by Akhbar's juicy coverage of Cairo society divorces. Against this formula, the official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Twin Troubles | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

During his public appearances, Nixon wonders whether to grin or to maintain the grim face of a great statesman, whether to strike out directly at young Jack or depend chiefly on the aura of Eisenhower. As he speaks, the G.O.P. candidate works hard to arouse indignation at "dangerously immature" candidates, and to show respect for Ike, the great symbol of national unity and purpose...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock, | Title: Kennedy's Campaign Devices Rival Nixon's | 11/4/1960 | See Source »

Then come the press buses--usually two, sometimes three--carrying an average of 75 newsmen who regularly cover the spectacle. Behind the journalists are the cars of local candidates who, at stops, edge close to the Kennedy coat-tails, grin toothily for the cameramen, and tell the Senator how deeply moving his last speech...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock, | Title: Kennedy's Campaign Devices Rival Nixon's | 11/4/1960 | See Source »

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