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Hirsch believes the ingredients of these twentieth century pleasures are much more difficult to figure out and analyze. Today' incentives and motivations are more complex than a caveperson acting simply to quell hunger. Hence, he predicts, economists will become less proficient social phenomena and individual actions...

Author: By J. WYATT Emerich, | Title: Progress on Tiptoe | 10/22/1977 | See Source »

...mound was even stronger than in his Princeton performance, and Jenkins started his first game of the season and responded with a long triple to left, Meanwhile in center field. Singleton added yet another exclamation point to his outstanding all-around season with a diving catch to quell an Army uprising...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Harvard Baseball '77: A Tale of What's Coming | 7/8/1977 | See Source »

That set the stage for the decisive doubles matches as the Green won two out of three to quell the racquetwomen's upset hopes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Edged, 5-4 | 5/5/1977 | See Source »

...classic example of this came in the home half of the fifth. Tufts had the bases loaded with one out and was threatening to fell Harvard's 6-3 lead when the Crimson pulled out the Hoover and turned over a 6-4-3 twin killing to quell the rally...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Baseballers Cut Jumbos to Size, 13-4 | 4/19/1977 | See Source »

...Only heroes can quell tigers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Comrade Chiang Ch'ing Tells Her Story | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

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