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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wyman, 51 years old, has refused to discuss any policy plans until he is officially "in." But HUERA members say he has promised reduction of union dues as a starter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HUERA to Pick First New Head in Decade | 2/10/1953 | See Source »

...last week almost every department had drawn up its own tentative blueprints. The English department is planning a course called "the American Dream and American Individualism." As a starter, students will trace these ideas through the novels of Hawthorne, Melville, Henry James and Faulkner, will then go on to study the books and criticisms of scholars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Wake Up! | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

Last year, Brown was the only team to beat the Harvard freshmen; three members of that Bruin team start today. Bill Arnold, six foot four inches, starts at center, but Ed Tooley, two inches shorter, is the team's strongest rebounder. Chuck Asselin, the other starter, is a good floor man and set shot...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Basketball Team Plays Bruin Five in Blockhouse Tonight | 12/13/1952 | See Source »

...Cardinals use a fast-breaking offense with Teachout setting up most of the plays. Rack, the best set shot on the squad, usually leads the scoring, while 6 foot 3 inch May, the tallest starter, can either rebound or shoot effectively from close...

Author: By Jere Broh-kahn, | Title: Varsity, Freshman Quintets Play Wesleyan Here Tonight | 12/10/1952 | See Source »

Along with speed and shooting eyes, the varsity this year has an average height of 6 feet 1 inch. Lionette at 6 feet 5 inches tops the team, with Shaw and Sachs about even at 6 feet 3 inches. Bulger is the only starter under six feet-he stretches to five feet 9 inches. Sachs and Lionette are consistently the best rebounders on the first five, though Manning covered the boards best for the team in its three scrimmages so far this fall...

Author: By Jere Broh-kahn, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 12/4/1952 | See Source »

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