Word: hapgood
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Inveterate Go players swear the game draws out the true personalities of its participants. "You have to strive for a delicate balance in Go--like in your mind," Fred Hapgood '63, a Tuesday night regular, says. "But the balance is like a house of cards, it can tumble without warning--just like that...
...Hapgood says such a frustrating loss haunts him for weeks. "There's so much subtle tension--sometimes it's hard to hack the pressure," he says...
...Hapgood says the beginner need not beware, explaining that to love Go you just have to love games. To learn the basics, read "Go For Beginners" (Ishi Press). Or take a study break at the Science Center or the Algiers Cafe (another Go hot-spot in twon) and play with the budding masters who will--if you're game--play with your mind...
...turns out, the Harvard team did not directly release its achievements to the press. Instead, Fred Hapgood, a reporter for the Harvard News Office who covers science at Harvard, heard about the research and the News Office decided to issue a release after Hapgood wrote a story for the Gazette...
Members of Harvard '21 were generally too young for World War I and too old for World War II (only five classmates lost their lives in combat), so perhaps it's not surprising that there are few politicians among its ranks. Still there is Powers Hapgood (d., 1949), who completed Harvard in three years so he could spend his senior year working in iron and coal mines, railroad yards and Chicago slaughter houses. Hapgood went on to become a leader of the United Mine Workers, a defeated Socialist candidate for Governor of Indiana, a major organizer...