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Navy was a seven-point underdog. But at Annapolis they raised a banner, "Home of Roger Staubach," and for Navy that evened all the odds. Showing an admirable taste for tradition, he completed eleven out of 13 passes, personally accounted for 222 yds. and four touchdowns as Navy won 34-14. Army Coach Paul Dietzel had the air of a man preparing the excuse for next year. "Staubach is head and shoulders above all the other quarterbacks," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Jolly Roger | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

...Kennedy's speech, therefore, on the Russians' military buildup in Cuba and his seven-point program to deal with this dangerous threat to the peace and security of the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. and the free world, is heartening to us. We can only hope that, should the situation warrant it, Mr. Kennedy will back his brave words with deeds, since the Russians respect positive action and not high-sounding rhetoric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 2, 1962 | 11/2/1962 | See Source »

Dartmouth, a strong seven-point favorite, invades the Stadium this afternoon to terrify the varsity football team in the 64th renewal of the Harvard-Dartmouth series. The Crimson, which has thus far found rough going in the scoring department, must face the top ranking defensive team in the nation (on the basis of points allowed...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Dartmouth, One of Top Defensive Elevens, Meets Varsity Gridders Today at Stadium | 10/22/1960 | See Source »

Knowland has reason to believe that he is on the right track. In liberal, freewheeling California, where Republican Governor Goodwin J. Knight boasts heavy labor support, Big Bill has bluntly been running for the gubernatorial nomination on a right-to-work platform as well as a seven-point scheme for tightening of federal labor laws. Although he plans no federal right-to-work statute, Knowland's federal proposals are aimed at other specifics, e.g., restrictions on uses of union funds, guarantee of a secret ballot in union elections and strike votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Legislation Ahead | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

Dean Erwin N. Griswold of the Law School last night attacked abuses of due process of law in recent Congressional investigations, and outlined a seven-point program setting up a fair standard of procedure for such investigations. Griswold spoke before the Phi Beta Kappa chapter of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass...

Author: By John A. Pope, | Title: Griswold Attacks Probers' Methods | 3/25/1954 | See Source »

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