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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...results of the elections, which under PR will take about a week to compute, will undoubtedly dampen the presently growing enthusiasm of CCA members. They have won on the campaign issues, but voters are unlikely to change the usual pattern and to give the CCA a majority either on the Council or on the School Committee...
...structure of Compulsion constantly stresses the factual, historical, documentary nature of the narrative. It no less constantly' proclaims the strength of the subject matter-its ability to vibrate and electrify as theater-and the weakness, its inability to widen and deepen as drama. The cause is less the usual documentary one, that truth tends to be formless, than that in Compulsion truth lacks a spacious enough frame of reference...
...varsity's win was the strong defensive work both in the line and in the backfield, where fullback Sam Halaby played his usual strong defensive game. Up front, center Bob Foster and tackles Briggs and Bob Shaunessy were as effective as usual, but it was the line as a whole which impressed most of all. The forward unit moved quickly with Penn's offensive plays and held the unusually fast set of Quaker backs to a standstill, especially in the first half...
Crimson halfbacks, short on reserves and forced to play most of the game without rest, were not up to par, and tired much more quickly than usual. Since the midfielders often were caught deep in Penn territory, the Quakers controlled play in the center of the field during most of the contest...
...write I may be smitten beyond recall. Fascinated?" This time she almost swooned, and wrote back, "Wow, am I!" Anyhow, note followed hot note and Miss Jomes began thinking of turning in her steam iron for a marriage manual. Until one day tragedy struck. x428Fy's shirts arrived as usual, but when Miss Jomes turned to the slot she found it sewn-up. Frantic, she tried to rip it open. No luck. She could feel something thin inside, but she couldn't get to it. And that's how it's been ever since...