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Even to live up to the 19-point odds against them, the Crimson must show a new and better defense in the line, while to make it a ball game the offensive unit must regain and surpass its Columbia form...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Underdog Crimson Eleven Takes On Army Juggernaut | 10/16/1948 | See Source »

...brushed loosely and brightly in the manner of Monet,* and a rather plain blonde mooning over a plum in a cafe which Degas might have painted. Their sources were often apparent, but Manet's clean, revealing light raised each picture above the level of imitation and tended to surpass even his chosen masters'. That same light had long made Manet a laughingstock of Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: From Hoots to Honors | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

...Young Republican Club spring membership drive will great students as they return from their between-terms vacation, William A. Rusher, president of the club, announced last night. Rusher also revealed that he expected the membership amassed by the drive to surpass all previous enrollments of University political groups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Republicans Meet HYD Over Radio, Plan New Drive | 1/24/1948 | See Source »

...institutions capable of pulling a class together, the Smoker is one of the only ways to dispel the apathy so prevalent now. The present 1951 attempt to "surpass all previous Smoker gaiety" should not be stymied by the abortive affair of last year, when the Class of '48 was forced by fear of publicity to forego Jane Russell for chalk talks by Dahl, and finally to forego Dahl for no Smoker. But publicity is unfavorable only if riots and abductions ensue, and by vetoing the get-together, University Hall only intensified the disunity already present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: So Fully Packed | 12/4/1947 | See Source »

John H. Carnahan '50, chairman of the Student Council Freshman Affairs Committee, asserted last night that, "an attempt will be made to surpass all previous smoker gaiety," but added that he felt "this is a difficult standard to beat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stars and Bars Will Sparkle Through Freshman Smoker | 12/3/1947 | See Source »

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