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...only to the supple efforts of Penn goalie Steve Anderson that the score was not of rout proportions. His masterful series of contortions managed to block most of the numerous Crimson shots hurled his way, especially during the second half when the ball rarely ventured out of Quaker territory...
Nudged from the Niche. Founded in 1810 by a Quaker farmer named Isaac Pennock (whose daughter Rebecca gave her married name to the company, actually ran it herself for 22 years), Lukens has been nudged out of its modest niche by the big demand. Last week President Huston announced that the company will launch a $33 million expansion program that will boost Lukens' rated ingot capacity by nearly 25% to 925,000 tons...
Fresh from a New Jersey village, the young Quaker girl seemed hopelessly out of place at the snobbish weekly. But from her very first day in 1895, the trim, bright-eyed mail clerk named Edna Woolman Martin somehow felt "a proprietary interest" in the affairs of Vogue as it chronicled the genteel caprices of New York society rounding out a comfortable century of progress and optimism...
...their second morning in Rome Nixon and wife Pat headed for the Vatican, as Italian photographers chased them along shouting: "Hey, Mr. Nixon, look this way!" Quaker Nixon had a 25-minute private session with 81-year-old Pope Pius XII, then the rest of his party joined him to hear the Pope read a personal message to the Americans...
...epee, where the Crimson was expected to make the most of a supposed Quaker weakness, Penn outfought the varsity 6 to 3. Fitchen picked up two victories, but Bob Scrivner could take only one of his bouts, while Bill Chapple was shut out in his three...