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...diplomats. It had been 13 years since he left his native Bridgeport, Conn, as a Cornell engineering graduate. In that time he had learned to stay sober while gulping vast quantities of vodka, stay suave while sipping small quantities of tea, tell jokes in Russian and 15 Chinese dialects, outplay Chinese generals at poker and politics, pen dispatches which his State Department superiors found masterpieces of industry and insight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Hanson on Deck | 2/25/1935 | See Source »

...punt, a pass and a prayer'' is the formula by which Michigan has remained at the top of the Western ("Big Ten") Conference for the past three years. Last week, before a Big Ten record crowd of 95,000, Michigan out-punted, outpassed, needed no prayer to outplay Ohio State with simple maneuvers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Oct. 30, 1933 | 10/30/1933 | See Source »

Playing a beautiful offensive and defensive game, the Varsity basketball team downed Massachusetts Institute of Technology last night on the Engineers' court, 28-20. The Crimson quintet showed new vigor and pep to outplay completely the Engineers throughout the game. At no time did Tech threaten to take the lead from Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON FIVE OUTPLAYS ENGINEERS TO WIN 28-20 | 2/16/1933 | See Source »

Also it is a 10 to 7 shot that the Harvard line will outplay the Blue frontier. Line coaches Dunne and Hubbard have done a splendid job this fall. Also, although team A is very, very shaky in its attempts at forward passing, Gilligan of team B is in adept passer and Batchelder and Burns of team B are adept receivers...

Author: By Roger Birtwell, | Title: Local Football Experts Comment on Clash | 11/24/1928 | See Source »

YALE 1929 POLOISTS OUTPLAY CRIMSON...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE WRESTLING WIN FEATURES WEEKEND | 3/15/1926 | See Source »

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