Word: solider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yale, on the basis of comparative scores, will be a definite favorite. The Elis topped Navy, 5 to 4, and several weeks later the Middies defeated the Crimson, 8 to 1. Against Princeton, Yale romped to an easy 8-1 victory, after the Tigers had handed Harvard a solid 6-3 defeat...
...Department's tutorial program, as it now exists, only adds to the aggravation. Sophomore tutorial exists in name only, since groups are formed out of English 10 and really just serve as section meetings for that course. This is unavoidable for non-honors as well as honors candidates. Certainly solid background is a necessary prerequisite for a good student and scholar, but a liberal education must mean more than general knowledge...
While a few individuals took the spotlight, team success has depended on many other factors. Solid rebounding and an ability to get shots up from the outside have pushed a tall and aggressive Eliot basketball team into first place. Jim Joslin, John Rockefeller, and Bob Leet spearhead the team's offense...
Financially, the books of Broadway musicals cannot afford to be irresponsible. Soaring overhead costs have shot the tab for a new musical up to a minimum of $300,000, compared to $180,000 for Kiss Me, Kate in 1948. Since it takes a solid run of some six months in one of the big theaters to get back the big money, a musical producer knows he must have a solid hit or strike out. A prime casualty of Broadway overhead is the intimate revue that needs a small theater to catch on. Shoestring '57, a fresh, 30-skit production...
...Atlas intercontinental missile. Furthermore, Convair also has its B58 Hustler, first big supersonic U.S. bomber, in the air as a possible interim weapon until missiles take over long-range bombardment duties. So far, Convair has orders for a test batch of 17 Hustlers, and has Air Force promises of solid quantity production if the plane proves as good as it looks...