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Hickman uncovered two remarkably fast backs in Ed Senay and Jerry Conway. The latter is only a sophomore and his name will undoubtedly come up again and again to haunt Harvard teams in the next two years. Brad Quackenbush is the mainstay of the line at right end; he plays offense and defense and docs extremely well at both. Yale also has two fine backers-up in Charles Masters and Bob Spears (the offensive fallback); it was difficult to assess Yale's pass defense in view of Connecticut's exhibition, but the defense did seem somewhat vulnerable to short aerials...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 9/26/1950 | See Source »

...Congress neared the end of the long push on the nation's spending program for fiscal 1951, a level Southern voice echoed through the House's chamber. It was an echo which would haunt every home, farm and business in the nation. Lean,, black-browed Congressman George Mahon of Colorado City, Texas, was telling his colleagues last week that they had only begun to spend the people's money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Billions & Billions | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

Such statements, shrugged off at the time, echoing through the records, came back to haunt the policymakers as Russian tanks, plowing through U.S. ground defenses, rolled south. Because of economies, at the beginning of the fight U.S. troops in Korea had no adequate supply of 3-5-in. bazookas which will penetrate eleven inches of tank steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Where Do We Go From Here? | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

...peddler had said it would be, an awesome "spreading bowl of light and color." But peace and happiness were not so evident, and before the brief summer was out, Salom had learned from the valley's dozen herdsmen families a universal truth: jealousy, betrayal and moral corruption haunt even the most isolated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: No Shangri-La | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

When spring came, Ben rejoined the party in Idaho. But the lost bear continued to haunt him. Three years later, long after the hunt was over, disappointed Hunter Lilly was still writing to McFadden: "I will never feel right until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Last Mountain Man | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

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