Word: narrowness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cornell rode the passing of new-found star Bill Robertson to a 23-7 triumph over Colgate. The Big Red displayed a strong defense and a balanced attack in dealing the Red Raiders their third consecutive defeat. Boston University and Columbia previously scored narrow victories over Colgate...
...Thien, plainly, is not Dienbienphu. The French garrison was 76 min. by air from its supply sources, isolated in a narrow valley over 200 miles from the French stronghold at Hanoi. The French were hemmed in and, after the 56-day Viet Minh siege began, had to be resupplied by parachute drops through dense antiaircraft fire. Con Thien can be resupplied within six minutes by helicopter from Dong Ha, ten miles to the southeast, or by land from Cam Lo, seven miles to the south, when the road is not washed out. The French conceived of Dienbienphu as "the cork...
Dean Griswold himself is not satisfied with Harvard Law's current approach. As part of the two day sesquicentennial celebration, he sounded off on one lack that he considers paramount. Said Griswold: "It has often been said, for a smile, that legal education sharpens the mind by narrowing it. To my mind, there is more truth to this than we have been willing to admit. The methods fostered at this school and widely adopted elsewhere do have a tendency to exalt dialectical skill, to focus the mind on narrow issues, and to obscure the fact that no reasoning, however...
...burly right-hander made only one mistake. In the third inning, after getting two quick strikes on his opposite number. Red Sox starter Jose Santiago, Gibson grooved a high fastball. Santiago drilled it into the left field screen, a narrow foot over the Green Monster...
Playing in Philadelphia, B.U. trailed 22-0 going into the final quarter. It took a 71-yard pass run with an interception and a fourth-down touchdown pass that bounced through four Temple defenders to narrow the final margin to respectability...