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...shorthanded Harvard rugby team made the six-and-a-half hour trek to Ithaca this weekend only to be turned away by a hungry Cornell squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Swamps Ruggers, 8-0 Crimson Lose First of Season | 10/11/1977 | See Source »

...blacks and blue-collar whites, he would be unbeatable. And since he wouldn't be tied to the rich whites who control the South, he could really change things. Only a very few Southern politicians have been able to put together this mythical coalition, but Jim Garrison, the six-and-a-half foot tall New Orleans district attorney who lost his third reelection campaign in December, remained politically powerful in New Orleans for years with a loyal black and blue-collar white constituency...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: The Rise and Fall of Big Jim G. | 2/6/1974 | See Source »

...Six-and-a-half hours after the polls closed in Sunday's general election in Greece, Field Marshal Alexander Papagos was able to claim a landslide victory for his year-old, Gaullist-like Greek Rally Party. With 49% of the popular vote, the party will have 241 seats in the 300-member Parliament. It was the second greatest political victory in modern Greek history, matched only by the Liberal sweep in 1928. The Communists got 10% of the vote, but won not a single seat in Parliament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Victory for Papagos | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

...After six-and-a-half innings of a low scoring game yesterday, the Varsity baseball team led Columbia, 3 to 0, at Soldiers Field. Then a Lion relief pitcher lost control, the Crimson made eight runs on one base hit, and Brendon Reilly, Varsity hurler, weakened in the ninth inning...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Varsity Nine Trips Columbia 13-6, for Second League Win | 4/24/1947 | See Source »

...After six-and-a-half minutes of action, during which the teams matched baskets, Columbia's diminutive Sherry Marshall dropped three lofty set shots that gave the Lions a convincing 18 to 8 lead. At this point the Varsity called time, and proceeded to embark on its most spectacular rally of the season...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Five Pummels Lion Team by 66-50 Margin | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

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