Word: holderness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since nominations are made by party politicians, Kennedy's hardest politicking was with 275 party faithful at lunch. He mentioned every important guest in the room and every top Democratic office holder, present or not, before he swung into a lively demonstration of his talent for flaying Republicans...
Seemingly, this statement means that the unlucky green slip holder can not take a course for credit in English, no matter how hard he tries. Of course, this is not so, since the cryptic inscription really designates an "unassigned" credit in English. But for the English concentrator the problem has only begun. Technically, he holds a credit for Freshman English, which, of course, does not exist at the University. For this reason, English Department officials generally have expressed some reluctance to accept this "unassigned" credit for use toward a B.A. in English, especially where Honors work is involved...
...highest jump in history, indoors or out. Ron Delany, of Villanova and Ireland, who runs to win and no more, got such pressure from a topflight field that he lowered his own indoor mark for the mile to 4:02.5. Air Force Lieut. Bill Bellinger, world indoor record holder at two miles, set a new three-mile record -13:37. Shotputter Parry O'Brien uncorked a heave of 62 ft. 1¼ in. to better his own world record. ¶ The nation's longest college basketball winning streak was snapped rudely at 30 in Lexington, Ky., when Auburn...
...dash, University record-holder Sandy Dodge has little chance of beating Villanova's fleet Ed Collymore or Yale's Steve Snyder, but he should take one of the top five places. Jim Doty should finish fourth in the 35-1b. weight throw, behind Ed Bagdonas of Army and Eino Keerd and John Lawlor...
Miss Walter, the European title-holder was second, followed by a surprising college freshman from Temple City, Calif., Barbara Roles...