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...Boston Atheneum, a century-and-a-half old library that now fronts on Beacon Street, has in the course of its long struggle with encroaching commercialism, successfully fused a workmanlike puritanism with a vivid sense of artistic and gracious living. Almost completely ignoring the upstart sciences, the Atheneum has gathered together a 380,000 book collection of histories, biographies, and probably the most complete collection of eighteenth century sermons and Confederate literature to be found anywhere...
Already it was becoming difficult for an entirely new club to gain acceptance. In 1885, five men from Beck Hall who had not made a final club formed what has become Delphic. Since candidates were leary about joining such an upstart organization and members were few, the steward kept the clubhouse lights turned up all night to simulate activity within. Even later when J. P. Morgan and others had lifted the club to success, it was known by its early nickname...
...visiting Indians have piled up an amazing total of 22 goals to date, while winning three games and losing one to upstart Amherst, 4 to 3. Captain and inside left Bob Drawbaugh has scored more goals himself than has the entire Crimson squad. He leads, in fact...
...between northern and southern Californians (as well as the natural political stresses), Nixon and Knowland never have been close. Real coolness developed in 1950 during Nixon's tough campaign for the Senate against Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas. Both Senator Knowland and Governor Warren considered Nixon something of an upstart. They offered him no help, gazed steadily the other way. Nixon told friends: "When the going gets hard, you learn who your friends are not-and Warren and Knowland certainly...
...around Rome, work was going forward on a production by a new screen writer: Homer. With assists from such upstart scenarists as Ben Hecht and Irwin Shaw, Homer's Odyssey was being filmed in plaster caves and palaces and on board a Greek galley (thoughtfully provided with an engine as well as 100 oarsmen). The stars: Kirk Douglas as a bearded Ulysses, and lush Silvana Mangano as both Circe and Penelope...