Word: markedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Philadelphia, muscular Don Bragg, 23-year-old Army private, vaulted 15 ft. 9½ in. to break the 16-year-old world indoor record. At the New York Athletic Club meet in Madison Square Garden, Boston University's High Jumper John Thomas, 17, deprived of a world indoor mark when his 7 ft. jump was not measured correctly a fortnight ago, did it all over again to make his mark official...
...first half started at an incredibly fast pace, with the Judges trailing, but they came from behind to tie the score, 20 to 20, at the 10:40 mark. Then Brandeis went out in front, stifling the varsity with a zone defense and all the while increasing the lead to 39-30 at half-time...
Employing a man-to-man defense, the Crimson opened the second half with a scoring spurt, capped by Richling's lay-up, that gave the varsity a 47-46 advantage at the 5:40 mark. And despite McNulty's 23 points in the second half, fine play by Griff McClellan, Richling, Bowditch, Harrington, and Bob Repetto kept the Crimson close enough to set the stage for the final rally...
...next day she had a postal card from William James saying, "Dear Miss Stein, I understand perfectly how you feel. I often feel exactly that way myself." And underneath it he gave her the highest mark in his course...
...Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, professor of Law, suggested that Soc Sci 4's change might be a good precedent for many courses. "I think it is generally better to have a paper than an exam," he said, adding that this would, of course, depend on the particular problems of the course...