Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cannot legislate away discrimination," was the answer of Tech debaters Thomas Erber and David B. Kret. They based their point on the fact that discrimination is psychological, not openly rational...
...that the United States bring the strongest diplomatic pressure on the Netherlands to do what can be done to repair the consequences of the outrageous and inexcusable Dutch policy in Indonesin. When some one asked why we had not cut off Marshall Plan aid to the Dutch, I did point out that this time a decision which the United States could not properly take unilaterally; that such a step could be taken only with the consent of the Marshall Plan countries, relying upon Dutch contributions to general European recovery and numbering among themselves several colonial powers, would favor this action...
Station members also point out that Network men are handy to have around "when one of those infernal machines blows out." The standard procedure in broadcasting crises is to throw on the record "Pomp and Circumstance" and call the Network post-haste. Last term WHRV men installed a mike light for the girls, and David Barton '50 is planning to rebuild the Radio Radcliffe transmitter during spring vacation...
Barr, of Penn State, was a pre-tournament favorite to take the heavyweight title. In his first season of college competition, the 208-pound sophomore won five out of seven bouts by falls, and yielded only one point in scoring two decision victories. After beating Houston, he stopped Lehigh's George Lasasso in the finals...
...last 10 seconds of a five minute overtime period, Jim Downey sank a driving layup shot to clinch a 56 to 55 victory for the freshman basketball team over Yale. The hair-raising finish was typical of the game in which neither team ever had more than a five point lead...