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...athlete, like the businessman, has evolved an image that a large nucleus of aspiring undergraduates and section men find fashionable to accept, avoid, and ridicule. They break down the Harvard community into "intellectuals" and "jocks"--heroes and villians--and force the athlete into a corner where he must ultimately explain himself...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: The Myth of the 'Jock' | 6/14/1962 | See Source »

...Hughes forces pointed out the diversity of departments of their Faculty supporters, and indicated they were not unhappy with the image of a Harvard nucleus for their campaign. Spokesmen for the McCormack and Kennedy supporters shied away from citing a list of their backers at Harvard, however, claiming that their campaigns were based not on "egghead braintrusts," but on diversified and widespread party support...

Author: By Faye Levine, | Title: Faculty Members Choose Favorites In Massachusetts Race for Senate | 5/28/1962 | See Source »

...professionals will be the nucleus of projects which will normally include a larger number of persons recruited to serve for limited periods. The aim of these groups will be to "work themselves out of a job" as soon as possible, by helping countries to set up their own planning agencies, economic staffs, and research and training institutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Center Aids Countries On Economic Problem | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

...never seen anything like this year's fantastic crop of rookies, many of whom will be crucial in strengthening teams which the Red Sox beat out last season. At Kansas City Manny Jimenes still leads the league with a .372 B.A.; at Los Angeles Do Belintsky has become the nucleus of a much improved pitching staff; most frightening for Boston, Richie Rollins and Bernie Allen along with the acquisition of Vic Power have converted Minnesota into a team the Sox cannot hope to beat...

Author: By Stephen C. Rogers, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

...tests convinced AEC that it should set up a permanent nuclear-weapons division at Los Alamos, and Ogle became one of its seven-man experimental nucleus, known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Atom: For Survival's Sake | 5/4/1962 | See Source »

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