Word: recruiting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem of determining the applicant pool is made more difficult for universities such as Harvard because they recruit professors and high administrators from a national and sometimes an international pool...
...reputation as a civil rights leader of sorts. He helped lead an inmate drive to force white prison barbers to cut the hair of blacks; he had his own hair cut by a black barber to show his lack of prejudice. Actually, his motive seemed to be to recruit black toughs for his gang. When he got out of prison in March of 1971, he began hiring blacks as "button men" (musclemen)-pricking the ethnic sensibilities of other Mafiosi. He had openly toured Little Italy with four black henchmen a few days before he was hit. Some officials think that...
...react to my methods or how I'll react to them. I don't coach them and if you're interested in them, ask the freshman coach," Harrison said. It struck me as strange that Harrison professed to have no knowledge of his freshman, considering he probably helped recruit some of them and most certainly has seen them play and practice. However, I didn't feel like pursuing the issue...
Jesus Christ. Wooden is inclined to minimize the U.C.L.A. recruiting program. He leaves most of it to his assistants and likes to point out that they concentrate on local California boys. But others note that Wooden's saintly demeanor can be formidable in a favored prospect's home. Says one rival coach: "We thought we had a kid sewed up, but then Jesus Christ walked in. The kids' parents about fell over. How can you recruit against that...
...probably get our lumps down there - the competition in the South is first class," coach Barnaby said. He added that the only teams better than those on the southern trip are schools like UCLA and Stanford, which recruit the world's top players "as standard procedure...