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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Preacher Roe got a one run lead in the second inning and stood up under tremendous pressure to make it stick, as he gave the New York Yankees a 1 to 0 beating to pull the Brooklyn Dodgers even in the World Series at one game each...
...delegation was organized last spring by a group called the American Festival Committee, with headquarters in a dingy building on Bleecker St. in downtown Manhattan. People wishing to attend the festival had to make arrangements through this committee; the Hungarian government was unusually willing to approve all visa applications made through the group. Anyone who wished to go to the festival and could play his way was welcome--the only restriction was that no purely "observers" were allowed, all had to be members of the delegation...
...stand for any wishy-washy business. People are either for or against. We get rid of those who are against. Here there are a small group of vicious people trying to disrupt our delegation. There is another small group that is native. We came here for peace. Let's make decisions. There are too many disruptive points. Let's prevent it from recurring. Let's slap these people down--verbally, I mean. I'm fighting for peace ... I'm fighting for all of you.' Motion of censure withdrawn. Discussion closed...
...certainly left-wing and just as certainly not a communist, a distinction which a number of people can't be bothered to make nowadays. In public speeches I have often heard him condemn the present dictatorship in Russia; I have also read an article in which he condemns the Atlantic Pact (International Journal, April '49; see also "Correspondence" in the July number.) He steers difficult course quite honestly and openly. To the right wing he's a commie; to the commies he's a "social fascist," whatever that means. To me, and, I should think, to most people he would...
These special "zipper" precautions mean just one thing: That Cornell is probably the best opponent Harvard will face this year. If the Crimson is to make a decent showing, Valpey and his men will have to have some specials tuff...