Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Every statesman should have a sport," he says with a twinkle. Then he adds seriously: "I cannot gain support by bowing from a distant balcony...
...days, Bao Dai's favorite sport (in addition to chasing chorus girls) was tracking down tigers, elephants and gaur (fierce wild buffalo) on foot through the jungle. That took intelligence and guts. Both traits are needed in the fierce jungle of Viet Namese politics, and Bao Dai is displaying both. The Communist radio had predicted that he would be assassinated; the French authorities were so concerned that at public ceremonies they kept the crowds 100 yards from His Majesty and gave him an armored car. But Bao Dai scorned such protection. At Hanoi, which he proclaimed his capital...
Handwriting Analyst Muriel Stafford considered the evidence and announced that Joe DiMaggio "combines a flair for the dramatic with care and accuracy regarding detail ... a writer who does things well, calmly, doesn't like to be rushed" (see SPORT...
...sport of shooting clay pigeons undergoes a nation-wide revival, even Harvard has "gone skeet." In fact it has "been skeet" ever since...
Captain Howard Reed '49 is looking for all prospective shooters, and those interested are urged to see him in Winthrop House to try their hand at the sport. Freshmen will even get athletic credit...