Word: sam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...passing hampered the Crimson's efforts to tie the game, and several scrambles in front of the Bruin goal produced nothing. Crimson wing Sam Rodd was stopped twice, once on a nice save by Bruin goalie Pete Gilson, and once on a trip by Haskell as he broke loose down the sideline...
...what made Sam Rayburn so remarkable was probably not these qualities, but his ability to combine them with a profound awareness of what power was and how to use it. His contribution to the job of running the tremendously awkward machinery of a fragmented and stubborn House was actually a very new one, for he introduced to the Speakership an entirely different politics of control. His great predecessors-men like Cannon and "Czar" Reed-were largely parliamentary tyrants. Rayburn was more, because he was shrewd enough to realize that stamping on all Congressmen is nowhere near so effective as encouraging...
...That was Sam Rayburn's accomplishment, and not even the memory of the sharp, benign figure who presided at party conventions will be missed so much. His successor will most likely be John McCormack, who will soon experience the overwhelming loneliness of the speaker, who must, often sympathizing neither with the President nor with his chamber, act to reconcile them both. Rayburn sat in that isolated chair for 18 years, trying at once to legislate and to preserve his integrity and humanity; and he was successful...
...Crimson will probably start veteran Mike Kramer at outside left, with sophomore John Thorndike in Wendell's spot at inside left and Al Chang replacing Ohiri at center forward. Seamus Malin at inside right and Sam Rodd will round out the line. Emmanuel Boye might be able to play, but last night he remained a question mark in the starting line...
...Kennedy does not really expect to get all or even most of the programs he wants in the coming Congress (in particular, he will miss Sam Rayburn's savvy help). But as his bills travel along the legislative path, Kennedy intends to note well who votes for what, then lay his prestige on the line by taking the issues to the nation during the 1962 campaign...