Word: quarterly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Beating a strong Army team at West Point is the formidable task which faces Chief Boston's varsity wrestling team this afternoon. Not many squads turn that task on the plains above the Hudson, for the deafening cheers and the give-no-quarter tactics of the Cadets are unique obstacles in Eastern college competition...
Harvard has never been noted for great turnouts in undergraduate balloting and college politicos think themselves lucky if half the men involved cast votes. But the '46 committee election sets some sort of a record: less than one third of the men voted, and less than one quarter of the votes were counted. In a poll taken after the war 388 men didn't even know that there had been an election. As for the men in office, 416 '46ers had never met any of the three class marshalls...
...tipoff on the team's post-exam power may well come tonight, when a reputedly strong Navy outfit should tax the local strength to its fullest extent. Such first-line performers as Ted Norris in the quarter-mile, Jerry Gorman in the 220, Captain Chuck Hoelzer in the breaststroke, and Tom Drohan in the dive should win; but whether the depth necessary to win the vital relays is forthcoming remains to be seen...
Saber practice on the 40-by-6 foot regulation strip is supplemented by slashing at a sword-wielding canvas dummy, while epee and foilmen glean their largest off-strip brushups by lunging at quarter-inch targets taped on the wall...
Into the Black. The World Bank, which had lost money since it opened two years ago, finally climbed into the black. In the final quarter of 1947, the bank reported, income exceeded expenses by $1,317,610. The bank hoped to make up all past deficits by the end of March...