Word: isn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Players are injured, lines and defenses are combined in new, unusual ways, spirit isn't high after two straight onegoal losses, and exams are depressingly imminent. But Harvard would have to have about twice as many alibis to excuse a loss to the Green sextet, even at Hanover...
...night before his record attempt, Campbell turned up the ace and queen of spades in succession. "Mary Queen of Scots had the same combination before she was beheaded," he remarked. "I know that one of my family is going to get the chop. I pray to God it isn't me." And there he was at 8 o'clock next morning, clambering into Bluebird's cockpit, clutching his lucky Teddy bear, Mr. Whoppit. Then he revved up Bluebird's 4,520-lb.-thrust Orpheus jet engine and shrieked off across the lake...
...Everhart is the potential proliferation of the mirrors. "Farmers would demand them to plow their fields at night," he says, "and resort owners would want them to light their lakes and pools." Singlehanded, Everhart has mounted an intensive campaign to rally the scientific community against Project Able. "It isn't important that I find any more comets," he says, "but it is important that the night sky be preserved for astronomy...
...from the others, To want to be a soldier you've got to want to fight for something. To kill someone you have to see the situation in black and white. We just don't see anything to fight for in Vietnam--not with guns anyway--and there just isn't any black or white...
Heyns makes it clear that he has gone about as far as he can go, or as far as the Regents will let him. "This situation isn't at all like 1964. Since then, our students have enjoyed the 'free forum.' They are free to assemble on campus, invite controversial guest speakers to talk, distribute literature, collect funds, solicit memberships, and support political candidates...