Word: superable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Conventional wisdom has it that while the Board of Overseers has the final legal power over university decisions, the Corporation is the real financial planning body of Harvard. This is quite alarming because the five-man Corporation is dominated by super-rich big businessmen and is self-perpetuating to boot...
...hand, the Elis boast the Ivy's most potent offense--third among NCAA colleges in total yardage--featuring super-stars quarterback Brian Dowling and halfback Calvin Hill. The latest poll of the coaches ranked Yale the 18th best team in the country...
...Rich and the Super-Rich, Lundberg...
...station a mile astern, rolling gently in the huge carrier's wake. At midday, when the Forrestal catapulted her Phantom jets into clearing skies, the escort drew alongside to within 50 yards of the carrier. But not a signal was exchanged. The escort vessel was Russian, a super gunboat of the Mirka class, and the Forrestal had not invited her to tag along...
Before he began his sophomore football season, Brian was already being compared to Frank Merriwell, Yale's mythical super-athlete. Dowling shunned the role. "I had never heard of Merriwell until I got here and I still haven't read any of the books about him," Brian said. "But, from what I understand, Frank Merriwell was quite...