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Both pitchers had tossed five-hitters at the Big Green on May 4, but Holt came out of his contest with his fifth victory, while O'Malley was forced to swallow a tough 3-1 defeat. It was the senior captain's third EIBL loss, despite a 2.02 ERA (fifth best in the league...

Author: By James W. Reinig and William E. Stedman, S | Title: Harvard Wins Three Games | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...they putting so much pressure on the city to swallow the whole raw pill--library, archives, academic center and museum? The answer seems to lie in the original concept of the project which promised to be a very exciting and challenging prospect. President Kennedy would have retired to Cambridge as a relatively young man after serving another term in the White House, setting up an office in the same building where his books and papers were to be stored. He would teach at Harvard and be readily accessible to students. His presence would attract scholars from all over the world...

Author: By Richard J. Shmaruk, | Title: Keep the Library, Move the Museum | 5/7/1974 | See Source »

Magraw and Wood, though, ran out of winners in their third match of the day and had to swallow a tough 6-3, 6-3 quarterfinal loss to Brown...

Author: By Dennis P. Corbett, | Title: 'Cliffe Tennis Ties for 3rd in Weekend Tourney | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

Both boys are right-partly. There is quite a bit of baloney in Grandma's book, but along with such things as an especially treacly view of her husband's disposition and career that all but the most ardent Kennedy fans will find hard to swallow, the reader is offered much nourishment. He learns a good deal, for example, about the frail, "funny little boy" who became President; about J.F.K.'s older sister Rosemary, who was retarded from birth; about that conscientious younger brother Bob; about the hard work that marriage demands-even from the very rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rose-Colored Glasses | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

...stellar gases begin falling inward, finally crushing together into a ball less than three miles in diameter. Tiny as it is, the dense globe has such tremendous gravity that not even light can escape from it. Its gravitational force is so great, in fact, that a black hole could swallow up a nearby planet or even a small star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Power from Gravity | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

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