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Holding a 3 to 2 margin at the half, Dartmouth then pilled its halfbacks and insides back in front of the goals to throttle Crimson scoring attempts for the rest of the afternoon. The final Green score came early in the third stanza on an indirect free kick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth Downs Booters In 4-2 Victory at Hanover | 10/28/1950 | See Source »

Sophomore Ben Florin came in at center half in the final stanza and did an equality fine job. Few Jumbe thrusts came through the right side as Larry Leonard and Dana Getchell alternated at right half, both making their tackles hard and sure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Team Tips Tufts, 3-0, in Opener; Berger, Engstrom Pace Crimson Scoring | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

...versifying . . ." Voltaire once said, "is like dancing in fetters on a rope." For writers of light verse, the trick is to do the dance on a string. Most of them manage a light fantastic stanza or two, but soon fall flat on their anapests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Library Laughter | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

...Truman refusal lightly. To cool off the hot tempers in advance, Ross put together a Gridiron-style skit and song, entitled "When We Ride, We Always Ride with Harry." Then Ross and the three other Gridironers aboard the presidential train made a record of the skit. On the third stanza of the song ("When I laugh, I always laugh with Harry . . ."), Harry Truman himself added his bathtub baritone. He also sent his greetings to the Gridironers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: On the Griddle | 5/29/1950 | See Source »

...bring me my arrows of desire!" But the editors' work was not merely a matter of selection and rejection. On the classic All Things Bright and Beautiful, for instance, only a minor pruning job seemed indicated to make it suitable for modern church singers: elimination of the third stanza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Ancient & Modern | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

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