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...cagers tip off with Penn and a 15th ranked Princeton quintet next Friday and Saturday...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Cagers Suffer Another Ivy Disaster... | 2/17/1976 | See Source »

Ultra gave advance warning of the German air raid on Coventry in November 1940. Extraordinary defensive effort could have saved the city, says Brown; evacuation would have rescued its citizens. But Churchill rejected both courses, feeling that they would tip the Germans to Ultra. The raid killed 554 people. Afterward, the Prime Minister was photographed stumping pluckily through the ruins of the great cathedral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Looking-Glass War | 2/16/1976 | See Source »

...these agencies receive." Daly is most important to the administration, Bok says, because he has an understanding of the informational processes within the government. In less jargonish terms, that means Daly can simply pick up the phone and immediately get through to people like the influential Rep. Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill (D.-Mass.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D.-Mass.) to explain the impact of a manpower bill on medical schools or the effect of sex-blind admissions, affirmative action, or tax-reform legislation on university structures...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: The Four Horsemen And the Apocalypse | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

...better jobs. When Ford vetoed the bill on Dec. 19, the Democratic leaders in the House shrewdly decided against any immediate attempt to override. Instead, they mounted their effective attack on wobbly Republicans and conservative Democrats during the long recess. "We unleashed everybody," says Majority Leader Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill. "Every labor organization, every education organization, every health organization with clout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Mr. President, We're in Trouble' | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

...saber competition is modeled on the notion that the duelers are on horseback. Only the top half of the body may be attacked but points can be scored with both the tip and side of the blade, which, fortunately, is blunt...

Author: By Jonathan H. Alter, | Title: Six Harvard Squads Return to Action | 2/4/1976 | See Source »

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