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...that Gibbons gained was the crucial tally of the meet, for before the 440 Brown had scored 35 points, needing only a three-point second place to clinch the contest with the required 38. If Powers had won, if Crimson sprinters had placed better, if our breastrokers had been stronger--in other words if Harvard had finished one place better in any event to secure that precious single counter, the score would have been 38-37 for the Ulenmen, for the seven-point free-style relay fell to Harvard, too late...
...Cutler and Frannie Powers will probably swim the 220 together, for Ulen must garner every point possible before the slaughter begins in the back and breast strokes. Although he can put a better 400 relay on the mark than can Brown, Harvard's saturnine sage does not want the seven-point last event to decide the meet, preferring, if he can, to gain enough tallies by seconds and thirds and by a possible six points in the quarter to clinch the contest...
...Chester, chairman of General Foods Corporation, speaking at the same meeting as Dr. Bruening, outlined a seven-point plan for cooperation between business and school authorities for placing college graduates in jobs...
Sirs: The melancholy happenings of the last week give point to the old saying, "self-preservation is the first law of nature." Since our statesmen may be as confused as those of other democratic powers may I appeal to you to bring the following seven-point defense program to their attention...
Julius B. Bixler, Bussey Professor of Theology, Henry J. Cadbury, Hollis Professor of Divinity, and Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology, have indicated their cooperation with organizations bent on formulating a seven-point program to correct serious social ills...