Word: scherer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...CONTEMPORARY POLISH STORIES (252 pp.)-Edited by Edmund Ordon, with an introduction by Olga Scherer-Virski -Wayne State University...
Well aware that every passing poll and primary attests to Dwight Eisenhower's extraordinary popularity with the voters, reporters at the President's press conference last week were fascinated by his unorthodox reaction to it all. Said the National Broadcasting Co.'s Ray Scherer: "You have generally said that you find yourself amazed that people would take the trouble to vote for you. I wonder if I could presume to ask why you find that such a phenomenon...
...Well," replied Ike, "suppose they voted for you. Would you be astonished?" Scherer, who obviously was, gasped: "I certainly would." Then Ike took the opportunity to express a bit of homely political philosophy. In the U.S. "we are raised in the tradition of no supermen and no indispensable men, and therefore if you do retain some of the humility and modesty with which you hope you were born, why I believe that when [someone] comes along and says. 'I believe you are doing a pretty fair job as President of the U.S.,' you would be rather astonished...
Rounding out the first team were the league's leading scorer, captain Pete Tutless of Brown, and Henry Roulon-Miller of Princeton at the wings, Yale's George Scherer at goal, and Russ Kingman, Brown's ace defenseman, the only unanimous choice. He and Scherer tied in the voting for the league's Most Valuable Player...
...interesting sidelight in the league tabulations is the fact that although Flynn was the most effective goalie in the league, allowing only 11 goals in his eight games, Scherer walked off with the honors. The Yale goalie allowed 13 goals in eight games...