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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Connally's unsuitability as the Pollak lecturer stems less from his retrograde ideology than from his questionable conduct in public life. Connally is perhaps the only politician in history ever to have been acquitted of receiving a bribe that another man--dairy lobbyist Jake Jacobsen--was convicted of having given him. It seems more than a little ironic that only half a decade after the breaking of the Watergate scandal one of Richard Nixon's closest associates should be lecturing aspiring public servants on the "uses and abuses" of government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undeserved Honor | 2/15/1978 | See Source »

Penn (4-3, 5-4) turned in still another surprise win at Franklin Field, handing Dartmouth (4-3, 5-4) its third razor-thin loss of the fall, 7-3. The Big Green nearly pulled it out in coach Jake Crouthamel's finale, driving to the Penn two-yard line in the last quarter before quarterback Buddy Teevens' fourth down keeper came up inches short of the first down...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Darkness at the End of the Tunnel | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

...subcommittee has approved repeal of a grandfather clause, which could also cost Ritter his power to assign cases. (Congress exempted 32 sitting chiefs of two-judge districts when it mandated an age 70 retirement policy in 1958; now Ritter is the sole survivor.) Either step would please Utah Senator Jake Garn, who brands Ritter "a disgrace to the federal judiciary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Feet-First Ritter Under Siege | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

However, it is beginning to look like no one will be able to stop Dartmouth in the stretch. Big Green coach Jake Crouthamel, who has compiled a 41-18-2 at Hanover, announced Thursday that he will be retiring after the season. "That has to give Dartmouth an edge," Restic said. "Everything's at stake for the coach; the team will want to finish it up right...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Crimson Primed for Quaker Arrival | 11/5/1977 | See Source »

BROWN at DARTMOUTH--I admit it. I haven't the faintest idea. Jake Crouthamel quit as Dartmouth's coach effective next Saturday, so perhaps the Big Green will have an extra incentive. Perhaps not. Brown 21, Dartmouth 17, and only because my father went to Brown...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: What Can You Do But Sigh? | 11/5/1977 | See Source »

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