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...they had played five games in five nights and were a little tired. Goose Tatum wasn't having much luck against towering (6 ft. 9) George Mikan, the glamor boy of college basketball two years ago. But in the third quarter, Tatum and his mates began to loosen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No Laughing Matter | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

...Council did congratulate the Smoker Election Committee for conducting a vote which had more Freshmen casting ballots than Yard elections have seen in a long time--a vote which probably gave the class as good a chance to loosen up and get to know each other (which is, despite Harvard's high academic plane, the function of the smoker which the committee is to arrange) as they have had since entering Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defends Kimball | 1/13/1948 | See Source »

Seeking to loosen the local housing situation, the American Veterans Committee last night renewed its campaign of this spring to obtain listings of available living quarters for married students now out in the cold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A V C Initiates New Drive for Local Housing | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

Immediate objective of the Choir was to lend Yuletide atmosphere to an impending House Christmas play. While rehearsing the traditional hymns and narrative songs, including "White Christmas," the Dunces began to loosen up and let go, and soon found themselves at various Dunster and other House dances...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: Dunster's Dunces Sing Almost Anything for Diners, Dancers, Barflys, Coeds, Frappes | 11/15/1947 | See Source »

...corduroy slacks, and she had her game under control. She cinched the championship on the 32nd green. As she went into a victory jig, a bystander asked her the inevitable question about the secret of her success and got a far-from-inevitable answer. Cracked the Babe: "I just loosen my girdle and let the ball have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Babe in Britain | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

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