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...Hofstra College in Hempstead, L.I., the Crown and Lance fraternity planned its "Hell Week" hazing with care. After a nod of approval from their faculty sponsor, the fun-loving brothers daubed the heads and bellies of seven blindfolded pledges with a noxious mixture of ketchup, mustard, egg yolk and water. The pledges promptly broke out in skin blisters ; one got a badly burned eye. Suspecting that heavyhanded undergraduates had fouled up the recipe with lye or turpentine, the interfraternity council decreed that Hofstra will hereafter have no hazing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

John L. Lewis, a U.S. citizen who is bigger than the United States Government, an individual at whose nod the wheels of the greatest industrial system in the world grind towards a halt, a man whose unspoken motto is-The Public Be Damned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 10, 1952 | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

...Green's defensive backfield is a muddle of inexperience. Injured veteran linebacker Mike Papantones will miss the game today, and his successor is still unamed, although either Mackey or Johnson will probably get the nod. Tom Malcolm an alert junior who missed the opening games, will be the other backer...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Veteran Green Team Has 9 Starting Lettermen, Good Potential, One Win | 10/25/1952 | See Source »

...stage of a Hollywood recording studio, said hello to the band musicians, gave her husband-Bandleader Paul Weston-a quick kiss and was ready to go to work. After a run-through of one chorus to warm up, she went over to the microphone, got the nod from the control room and started singing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bestselling Jo | 10/20/1952 | See Source »

Munro was disappointed in the halfback line last week. Today, Craig Zane will get the starting nod again because of his good showing Saturday. "He was outstanding because he was the only one with any get up and go," Munro said...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: Favored Jumbos to Oppose Varsity Soccer Club Today | 10/8/1952 | See Source »

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