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...attempt to rival it in jeux d'esprit, or in cunningness of speculation, or otherwise poach upon its preserves. We shall be content with the humbler task of satisfying the curiosity of our readers about what is going on in Cambridge, and at other colleges, and of giving them an opportunity to express their ideas upon practical questions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Spite of a Leery Faculty, The Crimson Begins | 1/24/1973 | See Source »

...work, as a whole, is meant to show no affectation of fine writing, nor does it lay claim to literary excellence. The Advocate has this ground by right of possession; we do not attempt to rival it in deux d'esprit, or in cunningness of speculation, or otherwise poach upon its preserves. We shall be content with the humbler task of satisfying the curiousity of our readers about what is going on in Cambridge, and at other colleges, and of giving them an opportunity to express their ideas upon practical questions. It ought to be added perhaps, that, while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The First Editorial: 'I Will Be Read' | 1/24/1973 | See Source »

...characters in nearly every village in the southern half of England. "They're a lonely sort of people," says Dodson, whose family have been thatchers for generations in the village of Huntingdon near Cambridge. "They've always been a roguish lot who'd just as soon poach from the local squire as earn money thatching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Just Swell | 4/17/1972 | See Source »

...characters in nearly every village in the southern half of England. "They're a lonely sort of people," says Dodson, whose family have been thatchers for generations in the village of Huntingdon near Cambridge. "They've always been a roguish lot who'd just as soon poach from the local squire as earn money thatching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Raising the Roof | 4/17/1972 | See Source »

...whale, holding on, holding on, like it's his last great moment." Mc-Culloch's latest findings went to Associate Editor Lance Morrow, who has chronicled the Hughes saga from our cover story of Jan. 24 through this week's article. It would be unfair to poach on Morrow's terrain by telling more here. After all, the tale, as Morrow says, "is a detective yarn that has everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 21, 1972 | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

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