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Miss Sherman presented the administration's reasons for demanding the club lists at the regular Council session yesterday afternoon. The AYD chapter has protested and refused to haud in such lists on the basis that affiliation with a left wing organization may hamper job opportunities after graduation...
...muddy condition of the playing field and the slippery ball didn't seem to affect freshman star Carroll Lowenstein's passing so much as the varsity's pass defense; nor did the elements appear to hamper the Jayvee offense so much as the varsity's defense. The former, imitating the Eli ground attack, ripped off frequent gains, mostly around the ends...
...measure is Question 8, a proposed ratification of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbidding one man to serve more than two elected Presidential terms. Congress passed this amendment and more than 20 states have ratified it. Opponents say the amendment is a retroactive slap at F.D.R. and would hamper the electorate. Backers say it would prevent a dictatorship in this country...
...first item--the chain which closes the street from 11 p.m. until early morning--is a hazard in itself; for fire engines and ambulances would have as much trouble bypassing it as private vehicles do. The other measure would not seriously hamper fire engines or snow clearance, for an average of 20 cars are in the area during the day when owners are certainly not within reach for hasty removal...
Thus the gamesman callously makes use of Sportsmanship itself, only one gambit among others that include Luncheonship, Guestmanship, Advicemanship, Clothesmanship and Brinkmanship. In addition, Author Potter has invented the following conversational "ploy" (gamesman for tactic) which he gives as an example of the "secondary hamper...