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Eliot had no trouble in downing an unusually listless Winthrop squad. Major Close's 11 points made him high man for the Elephants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland, Adams, Eliot Win In House Basketball Games | 1/16/1951 | See Source »

Criticized Listless Athletes...

Author: By Frank B. Qilbert, | Title: FDR Headed Crimson During College Years; Work on Paper Was Most Important Activity | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

After the football team had only narrowly defeated the Carlisle Indians, FDR wrote, "They (the undergraduates) have grown somewhat weary of the slow, listless play of certain men in the line, who seem to think that their weight is a sufficient certificate of admission to membership on a University team...

Author: By Frank B. Qilbert, | Title: FDR Headed Crimson During College Years; Work on Paper Was Most Important Activity | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

Pascin (rhymes with askin') was born rich, the son of a Bulgarian grain merchant. He traveled widely, became a U.S. citizen during World War I, but always returned to his Montmartre studio. A heavy-lidded, pasty-faced little man, he was the listless center of thousands of wild parties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Hot & Heavy | 11/13/1950 | See Source »

...Colonel David Barrett, a famous "old China hand" who headed a staff of six military attaches including himself. Since then an American Minister, Karl Rankin, has taken over, a ruddy and genial man of stature and intelligence. In the seven weeks since he arrived, he has galvanized the listless diplomatic staff and earned the respect of Nationalist officialdom. Rear Admiral Harry Jarrett heads an enlarged staff of attach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: DOES HE WANT US TO LIVE? | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

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