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This year's squad averages over six feet in height, a couple of inches more than last year's team. It also figures to be considerably faster, enough so to let Shepard work on a man-to-man defense and fast-breaking offense most of the time. The coach also plans to work on some set offensive plays this year...

Author: By Jere Broh-khan, | Title: Varsity Quintet Opens Nightly I.A.B. Practices | 11/4/1952 | See Source »

Describing Cummings as a "personal man-to-man fellow," Finley said that he is sure that the poet will "make himself available" from time to time to small groups of students interested in creative writing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norton Prof. Cummings Will Not Teach Course | 10/3/1952 | See Source »

...dark days of World War II. In Tunisia, since the bloody riots last January, he had seen sabotage flicker over the country like heat lightning. Eleven post offices, seven bridges, 15 trains, 646 telephone poles had been blown up. Every time De Haute-cloque tried for a man-to-man interview with Sidi Mohammed el-Amin, the Bey of Tunis, whom Tunisians regard as their ruler, he found the 70-year-old Bey flanked by nationalist cabinet men. Finally, his patience worn thin, De Hautecloque ordered the Bey to throw the cabinet out. When the Bey appealed over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TUNISIA: Smooth Coup | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...Crimson played very erratically in the last half, at times fast-breaking Yale Elsie but usually giving the ball away on wild shots and bad passes. Except for the first quarter, the varsity's alternating zone and man-to-man defense was completely unable to stop the Blue from scoring either from the outside or under the basket...

Author: By Jere Broh-kahn, | Title: Eli Five Romps Over Crimson, 71-51 | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

...Eastern Intercollegiate League and 11-14 in overall play, while the varsity's record is 0-10 and 5-13. But Shepard and the players think they have a good chance to win tonight, if they can stop Yale's fast break and tighten their own man-to-man defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quintets Play Yale Away Tonight; Freshmen Try for 14th Straight | 3/8/1952 | See Source »

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