Word: pitt
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...Prime Minister, he has a very fair chance of getting somewhere himself. Indeed, if he shares his father's genius, as did the younger Pitt, he may become Prime Minister himself. But if, like Horace Walpole, he is as waspishly well-bred as his father was openhanded and bluff, he doubtless does better to observe than participate. As the great Sir Robert's son, Horace Walpole had a ubiquitous entree as well as a tireless eye and the great world's attentive ear. His letters, the most diverting in all English literature, provide a lasting mirror...
...power came from fifth-ranked Ohio State, which ran over Iowa 29-13, moved into a tie with Minnesota for leadership in the Big Ten. Elsewhere, two long Navy field goals edged out Notre Dame 13-10. Syracuse, paced by its great All-America Halfback Ernie Davis, romped over Pitt 28-9. Maryland's pinpoint passing attack gave the Terrapins a quick 14-point lead, and they clung on to win 21-17 over Penn State. Once-beaten Georgia Tech capitalized on three Florida fumbles for a decisive 20-0 victory. In the less bruising Ivy League, Princeton retained...
...ankle-deep mud, was beaten by hard-nosed Purdue (9-0). Resurgent Notre Dame, which had lost only to Michigan State, fell to Northwestern's pinpoint passing attack (12-10). Navy, rated the East's best team with four straight victories, lost 28-14 to underdog Pitt. Army was upset by West Virginia (7-3), and Maryland was surprised by South Carolina 20-10. But other powerhouses continued to roll. Second-ranked Mississippi overwhelmed Vanderbilt 47-0. Ohio State ground out a 30-2! win over scrappy Wisconsin to remain unbeaten and move into a three-way deadlock...
...Cornell Historian Clinton Rossiter, now serving as Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Selwyn College, Cambridge University, is author of Conservatism in America and The American Presidency...
Married. Eunice Bailey Oakes, about 32, British-born beauty and the widow of William Pitt Oakes, whose father, Sir Harry Oakes, was mysteriously murdered in Nassau in 1943; and Robert David Lion Gardiner, fiftyish, longtime bachelor and owner of Gardiner's Island, a 3,300-acre tract off eastern Long Island that has been in the family since 1639 and that becomes the property of Yale if there are no Gardiner heirs; in New York City. An outpouring of diamond-studded society made it the winter's most glittering wedding...