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Indeed, Mr. Scully, class of '65, can do all sorts of wondrous things with a basketball. He steals it, he dribbles it, he posses it, he grabs it away from fellows several inches taller than his 6 ft. 1 in. stature, and he throws it through the hoop, which after...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 1/28/1963 | See Source »

This attitude is writ large upon the town's constitution. Earlier on in American history, Daniel Webster got himself into a debate in the New Hampshire House of Representatives when he attacked the Tory notion that power follows property. But news travelled slowly in those days and apparently this piece...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: REPORT ON INTEGRATION IN A MARYLAND TOWN | 7/23/1962 | See Source »

There is a brief pause, then the curtains open, revealing a portion of Armageddon's principal street. It is totally deserted and sadly run-down, but in the dazzling sunlight posses a lazy, rather Spanish charm.

Author: By Gerald Burns, | Title: THE PROPHET | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

A small cluster of elderly people were impatiently was for him to arrive. No one seemed particularly concerned what Stafford would say; traditional Republicans. He had decided how to vote long before this election, International affairs barely interested them. The issue was study Congressman Meyer was a radical fool, Governor...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: Rep. Meyer, Political Pariah, Presents Conservative Vermont With Liberal Ideas for Debat | 11/4/1960 | See Source »

The question of the man who at 66 is supposed to superannuated, and isn't, thus seems to have been satisfactorily resolved in non-scientific fields. With retired scientists, the University faces a definite problem. The academic life seems to agree with men, and academicians at 66 have many good...

Author: By Alice E. Kinzler, | Title: Old Scholars Never Fade; Scientists Go Away | 5/29/1959 | See Source »

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