Word: lefting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rackely replaced Carl Furillo, who suffered a groin injury last week, but Marv twisted his back while backing up a forth inning line drive to Duke Snider, and Luis Olmo came in to play left field, Hermanski was stationed in Furillo's right field berth until Carl pinch hit for him in the ninth. Mike McCormick played the spot in the last half inning...
Assets to the Freshmen are an inside man from last year's Andover team (Andover can hardly know anything about Harvard since Lamar scarcely does), two left-handed quarterbacks (which may or may not be significant), a pretty heavy line ("its still fairly fat, though"), and far rower injuries than might be expected from a week of battering from the varsity. The team also boasts a probable fullback starter named Blitz...
Most of the 200-person U. S. delegation claimed only to represent "people interested in the preservation of peace." The majority of the group held political opinions ranging considerably to the left of the Progressive Party. A fluctuating minority, often no more than half a dozen people, contained members of such organizations as the American Friends Service Committee and the YMCA; a few independent students were included in this minority. Three delegates went to Harvard...
...group program was slightly different. The delegates staged folk-songs, dances, and some original choral work in a pageant that represented the history of America. Their offering was popular; the delegates noted before they left that people were humming folk-songs from the show all over Budapest. "To help explain the thing," says one of the returning delegates, "we got up a program...
Before the girl left, the delegation held a meeting at which the incident was discussed. She stated at this time, that "I have continually been in the minority of this delegation. After the meeting yesterday in which I voiced sentiment against those of the majority I observed my suitcase and passport in good condition. Twenty minutes later my suitcase was opened and the passport tern...