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...Kissinger that I realized that, like me, he was not one to wear his religion on his sleeve. On an impulse, I told him how every night, when I had finished working in the Lincoln sitting room, I would stop and kneel briefly and, following my mother's Quaker custom, pray silently for a few moments before going to bed. I asked him to pray with me now, and we knelt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nixon's Memoirs: I Was Selfish | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...Quaker hurler Bruce Ballard rode his club's huge lead to a complete game victory, as did Penn starter John Leonard, with an even stronger (eight strikeouts, one earned run) performance in the nightcap...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Quakers Bomp Nine in Twinbill | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

Number-one singles man Lundy fought another hard-luck battle Saturday as the Harvard captain grooved his injury-adjusted serves to highly-touted Quaker Murray Robinson and lost, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Lundy put up a fight, but only to see his late-match comeback fall just short...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Racquetmen Punish Penn, 6-3, For Sixth Victory in a Row | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

Leading 5-1 in the third set against Quaker Steve Berliner, Walker's game suddenly turned cold, and before he knew it, the Texan found himself on the wrong end of a 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 score...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Racquetmen Punish Penn, 6-3, For Sixth Victory in a Row | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

Martha Roberts relinquished a one-set lead, losing to Zasloff, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. Third seed Meyer surrendered to Silverstein, 6-2, 6-4. Both clad in light blue and white tennis dresses and sporting dark brown pony tails, spectators could barely tell the Quaker from the Crimson...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Netwomen Fall, 6-3 | 4/15/1978 | See Source »

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