Word: pass
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Completely legendary. After writing his famous poem about Barbara, Poet John Greenleaf Whittier was told that Stonewall Jackson did not even pass the Frietchie house in Frederick, Md. and that if he had, Barbara could not have leaned out the window to speak her impassioned lines ("Shoot, if you must, this old gray head . . .") as she was bedfast at the time. Snapped Whittier: "It seems to be admitted that Barbara Frietchie had a Union flag in her house; if she did not show it on that occasion, so much the worse for Frederick City...
...short, is bound to passivity by the perfection of what He has created. Further progress is impossible. Says Toynbee: ". . . The impulse or motive which makes a perfect Yin-state pass over into a new Yang-activity comes from an intrusion of the Devil into the universe...
Bill Brady dropped a long set shot to narrow the Bulldog margin to a single point, and then, as the Elis attempted to freeze the ball, Bill Henry intercepted a pass, fed Noble, and the Senior forward drove in for a lay-up which put the Crimson ahead, 43 to 42, in the first second of the final minute of play. Yale came roaring back, but lost the ball on a hasty pass, and in desperation, Nadherny fouled Noble, who calmly converted...
Again the Elis moved to the attack, and another bad pass cost them the ball. In the last second of play, Nadherny bunny-hugged Brady, and the stocky Varsity guard, who shared scoring honors with George Hauptfuhrer with 12 points, added two anti-climactic fouls while Harvard supporters cast off historic indifference, crowded the sidelines, and exuberantly celebrated their victory...
Radcliffe, Harvard employees, the School of Public Administration, and the Graduate Schools will join the College in the drive. All men between 18 and 65 who can pass the physical check-up are eligible to give blood...