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...were not for a fatal three minute lapse against Rutgers, the Crimson could be undefeated. Midway in the second period Rutgers overcame a Harvard lead with four quick goals. As a result of a penalty the Crimson had a one-man advantage for three minutes in the fourth period but could not score...
...enlarged views of the purposes of the Constitution prevailed." A major move was the establishment of the first Bank of the United States, which occasioned Hamilton's 15,000-word opinion on its constitutionality; in Rossiter's view, this was "perhaps the most brilliant and influential one-man effort in the long history of American constitutional law." The measure of Hamilton's victory is that the Jeffersonians who won the election of 1800, "like the Republicans who came after Franklin D. Roosevelt, might curse the memory of the archfoe, but they could not or would not undo...
...Harrington is not just a social critic, he is a constructive and imaginative thinker. The most heartening aspect of his influence on Johnson's "War on Poverty" is that he has succeeded outside the political structure. He is a one-man crusade, conveying an absolute command over every fact, every idea even distantly related to the question of poverty. He can quote statistic after statistic, book after book, and yet always exude his devotion to solving the problem. In the discussion period after his speech, Harrington answered questions knowledgeably and realistically. At the same time he displayed his unmistakable conviction...
...fighting hard tonight, since a victory will keep their chances for the Ivy basketball crown alive. Yale's attack is centered around Kaminsky, a 6-1 forward who is the second leading scorer in the League behind Princeton's Bill Bradley. But unlike Princeton, Yale is not a one-man outfit. Eli guards Denny Lynch and Bob Trupin are one of the classiest backcourt combinations in the League...
...particular human being, the singular gesture, the individual-not the hero." She started watching people, even hiring models to avoid painting cliche anatomy, sketching particular faces and gestures that, says she, "somehow find their way" into her pictures. But her figures in oils, including 22 paintings in a one-man show at Chicago's Fairweather-Hardin Gallery this month, are mostly creatures of an intensely personal vision...