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Traditional Harvard ideas of sports-manship were shattered yesterday as four House teams, victory assured, continued to pour points on their opponents...
Senior Marty Cain received the "Class of 1959 Award." The tough midfielder was cited for showing "consistent improvement and the highest degree of sports manship, determination, and team play." Although hampered by a leg injury for most of the season, Cain ranked third in team scoring with 21 goals and seven assists...
...kinds of situations impel companies to merge - too much or too little cash, a shortage or a surfeit of able executives, tax advantages or growth-manship. Last week two large but little-known conglomerates agreed to unite for an equally compelling reason: they were practically married anyway. Toronto-based International Utilities Corp...
Lyndon Johnson pulled the wraps from the 17-ft. bronze figure. The late Paul Manship sculpted Roosevelt in a typically animated posture, right hand flung skyward, feet planted solidly, frock coat flared, provocative words unmistakably on the lips. "I do not know what his response would be to the specific problems of our decade," said Johnson. "But we do know that it would not be the easy answer-if he believed the hard answer was the right one." Then Johnson quoted the Republican Roosevelt: "Woe to the country where a generation arises which shrinks from doing the rough work...
...same stewardess had been chatting with a handsome executive in the seat in front of me. Both of them had relatives who had been in the Air Force, and they were swapping stories about how many times their fathers had been shot down. With a touch of one-up-manship, the exec finally ended the conversation by describing how his father had been killed in the Korean War. The stewardess shook her head knowingly and looked back at me. She obviously had my number...