Word: half
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson led at only one point in the game--and that in the opening moment. This was not the same team that returned after a poor first half last Saturday night to overcome the Quakers. The varsity was shoddy on defense, and impotent on offense. And the return to form of ailing Penn ace Bob Mlkvy did not substantially aid the Crimson's cause...
Mlkvy's 17 points gave the hosts a 34-24 halftime lead that it never relinquished. The Penn star hobbled through the first half and part of the second on a painful bandaged right leg before retiring for the evening, but the damage had been done. With 24 points and 23 rebounds, he had proved himself a oneman demolition gang...
...Mlkvy's brilliant performance was only half of the story; the consistently terrible play of the Crimson was the other. Forced into taking poor shots--usually from beyond the 20-foot mark, the varsity was able to convert only 19 of 80 field goal attempts for an unhappy 23 per cent...
...Ford Foundation has granted the new Center $675,000 for four and a half years. Meyerson believed this grant to be the largest ever made to an academic institution. He indicated, however, that it will be necessary to seek additional funds from other sources...
...appears that the acceleration varies rhythmically, with cycles of duration of 24 to 37 days...Of particular interest is the sharp rise in the acceleration in the second half of August, when it increased by a factor of 4 in just over two weeks...