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...Orwell's. These men, whatever their motivations, defended a legitimate republication government against a puppet of Hitler and Mussolini when the government of the western democracies only sought to appease the fascists. The failure of appeasement and the resulting World War proved the foresight of the republican supporters. Steven Nelson,a veteran of the civil war who now lives in Truro, Mass., says history's vindication is the greatest reward for having fought...
...first thing one notices about the 74-year-old Nelson is the gentle but active physical presence of a kindly man. Though genuine, this appearance seems somewhat incongruous after one looks a moment longer and notices the long scar, left by a fascist bullet, which runs down his neck. An activist in the American Communist Party for 30 years, Nelson is, above all else, a Marxist and a fighter. These two characteristics made it almost inevitable that Nelson would join the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and go to Spain...
...golf, Leslie spent her freshman year "looking into exactly how sand between the golf ball and the club really affects trajectory." To carry out her inquiries she rigged a contraption of weighted pendulums to simulate a golf swing, like "Iron Byron," the machine modeled on the swing of Byron Nelson used by golf ball companies...
Junior Jimmy Ossyra, taking a regular turn on midfield for the Crimson because starters Gordie Nelson and Billy Forbush were injured, notched his second tally of the spring to pull Harvard close...
After Gordie Nelson ran past the entire Bruin defense to score and MacKenzie set up Predun for his third goal of the day, Harvard led at the half...