Word: huntly
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Sitting one loss away from effective elimination in the hunt for the Ivy League title, the Crimson (9-11, 4-3) used an 11-2 run early in the second half to pull away from the Bears. Harvard cruised down the stretch to its first victory over Brown away from Lavietes Pavilion since February...
...think it was a time when it would have been unusual to refuse entrance to a Harvard graduate to his class,” said Richard M. Hunt, retired University marshal and co-author of Harvard A to Z. “Harvard has all kinds of heroes and also all kinds of rogues who come back all the time. I think this was something [Hanfstaengl] was entitled...
...Hunt said Conant showed “courage and conviction” in refusing to accept the gift. “It showed that there was in Conant and in the administration’s mind a clear awareness that this was an unacceptable gift from an unacceptable regime,” Hunt said...
...Hunt met Hanfstaengl in 1959 for his 50th reunion. “There was no publicity about him,” Hunt said. “While he was a rather imposing-looking man, he was unable to convince me that he was more than a lightweight.” Hunt maintains that many Harvardians saw Hanfstaengl as a bit of a “buffoon,” a social butterfly who had little tangible influence on Hitler aside from his skills at the keyboard...
...played this all up,” Hunt said. “He was very adept at making himself appear greater and more important than he really...