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Never did Navy come as close to payoff humus as did Harvard on these two thrusts. Every time the sailor backs got going, the holes in Harvard's line mysteriously closed and swallowed the ball carrier in a morass of Crimson jerseys. HARVARD-NAVY STATISTICS H N Points Scored 0 0 First Downs 5 12 Net Gain Rushing 71 164 Passes Attempted 11 9 Passes Completed 2 2 Gained by Passes 37 22 Passes Intercepted by 0 2 Gained by Interceptions 0 13 Number of Punts 13 12 Average Punts 37 38 Punt Runbacks 15 36 Number of Penalties...

Author: By Dave Stearns, | Title: Lee Recovered From Injury in Navy Game | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

...likes to fight for a principle which he knows from personal experience is not being put into practice, yet that is exactly the situation which the ordinary soldier or sailor in the United States armed forces faces today. Called on to defend the thesis that "all men are created equal," he is at all times acutely conscious of his membership in the lower stratum of a pernicious caste system that separates officer from enlisted man by an almost impassable gulf...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: America Untouchables | 10/16/1941 | See Source »

...will be selected from the Army's two top I.Q. groups.* After thorough grounding in the rudiments of soldiering, he may be assigned to any of several jobs. As a personal representative of the U.S. Government, he has the power when on duty to arrest anybody- soldier, sailor or civilian - for cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: M. P.s, New-Style | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

...debut after Jakie announced he would wed her, got the news of the elopement while she waited for Jakie in a nightclub. Said the ex-fiancée impetuously: "Jakie can have his Lemmon. . . . I'm going to look for a job." Said the bride: wandering Jakie (ex-sailor, ex-pilot, teller of tall tales, lover of tattoos) would also look for a job-in Hollywood. Said bride's mother: "It's good to know that Lenore will settle down." Then the law tagged Jakie on two rubber-check charges. He skipped his date with the judge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hearts & Thistles | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

...revolution, is it?" asked a flabbergasted British sailor. "It's probably another disgusting strike," muttered a lady from Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bums v. Bombers | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

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