Word: jim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Instead, the Crimson lapsed from great play into good playing. After a stand-off second period, the Dartmouth left wing managed to score on a shot that was deflected off the hand of Harvard goalie Jim Tyng...
Negotiations for the Brazil project went ahead anyway, Lapa volunteer Jim Murray, 32, from St. Paul, Minn., had the impression that "the whole thing was a big political move by President Joao Goulart. Having the Peace Corps here is a political advantage to Brazil. Goulart was in a hurry to get as many down here as possible. When we arrived, naturally many of us didn't have work...
...Peace Corps administration was also guilty of careless selection and a casual training program. Every volunteer is selected in a "practical" field--based on a very general aptitude test, outside recomendations, and the volunteer's past experience. Volunteer Jim Murray tried to convince the Peace Corps all through training that he was not a radio man despite what the IBM machine said. On his application he had listed his brief experience at a radio operator the Army. He says he knows enough about radios to turn them on and off. When he protested his placement to a Peace Corps official...
...grass roots--by befriending the townspeople. In Lapa, for example, every Peace Corps project has grown out of interchange with the villagers. Mrs. Frances Cunha, 74, the oldest women in the Corps, started a day nursery and sewing class at the insistence of the local padre. Jim Murray was invited to teach English and geography in two Lapa schools. On the outskirts of the town, three corpsmen are building low-income houses in a cooperative venture that includes six Lapa workers. Jury Draper provides medical supplies and teaches sewing and hygiene to the wives of the six workers...
Penn had its big chance for an upset last week. Now it's too late. The Brown Bears are finally a respectable football team, and this week Jim Dunda is scheduled to return. What with the Quakers still recovering from the Tiger fight and Dunda now trying to win his job back from constantly improving sophomore Rob Hall, Brown fans should have a perfectly delightful afternoon...