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Dates: during 1950-1959
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House athletics yesterday saw two games in the soccer and tackle and touch football leagues. No House could muster a sweep; in fact, turnabouts seemed to be the order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the House | 11/5/1953 | See Source »

Kirkland and Adams were both unable to mount a scoring offense in a game marked by rugged line play. The Elephants were unable to penetrate beyond the Dunster 40 yard line. Dunster's score came in the third quarter on a left end sweep by halfback Ron Peyton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the House | 11/4/1953 | See Source »

Coach Bill McCurdy's varsity cross country team avenged last year's only defeat by decisively beating Dartmouth 19 to 37, yesterday afternoon at Hanover. The Yardlings also won to complete the sweep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Harriers Beat Dartmouth | 10/24/1953 | See Source »

...Harvard, at least, this would be unwise. First of all, the problem of duplicating work during the first year is negligible. With the broad sweep of topics and reading from which to choose, almost every student can find at least one General Education course in each area that explores much material new to him. Nor in re-reading familiar material does the student necessarily waste his time, since he is likely to gain fresh insight to the texts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Slowly Developed Standard | 10/22/1953 | See Source »

...cold sweat" of shocked horror. But Colleague Freud remained, his mind suddenly stirred by the idea of a "sexual chemistry" at work in neuroses and of "catharsis" as the answer to it. He installed a couch in his consulting room, stretched his patients upon it, and urged them to sweep their chimneys. Sometimes he hypnotized them, sometimes encouraged them to be frank by asking gentle questions. But one day a patient "reproved him for interrupting her flow of thought," and Freud "took the hint." Another Freudian law, that of "free association" on the patient's part and silence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Young Dr. Freud | 10/19/1953 | See Source »

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