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...there was a lot more in old Indian Head. "There are a good many thousands of tons of proven ore in that mine," says Fred, "and the prospect of a lot more. I'm conservative, too. The AEC calls me the 'front-range pessimist' because I'm careful about the estimates." The AEC agreed. "Schwartzwalder has found one of the most significant hydrothermal-type deposits in the U.S.," said an official state ment...
Floyd Wilson, whose freshman team was undefeated last year, and who has replaced Norm Shepard as head coach, said yesterday. "I'm a pessimist all right, but I'll be very surprised if this team wins as many games as last year's." The Crimson had a 9-16 record...
...defeatist, no pessimist, he urges intellectuals to cultivate "the nerve of failure," to live with the possibility of disapproval and defeat. Neither in life nor in politics is this a formula for victory. But in both it may be a help in reducing numbness and restoring zest-which is the appropriate style of freedom...
...name was prophetic. As coach of the Fighting Irish, Leahy piled up a record which rivaled even that of Knute Rockne. In eleven seasons, his Notre Dame teams won 87 games (and four national championships) while losing only eleven. But Perfectionist Leahy was a sideline-pacing, hat-crushing pessimist who drove himself harder than he drove his teams, was forced to go to the Mayo Clinic for repeated physical checkups. Last season, stricken with acute pancreatitis, he was even given last rites. This week, on doctors' orders to take life easier, 45-year-old Frank Leahy resigned. Said Leahy...
...Indianapolis, rushing the football season a bit, Notre Dame Coach Frank Leahy, a notorious pessimist, glumly predicted: "I'll be amazed if we make a single first down in ten games...