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Princeton beat Yale in a very wet Bowl Saturday, 27 to 21, but it became distressingly obvious to most Crimson fans in the crowd that the better team lost...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 11/18/1952 | See Source »

...oldtime favor ites. There are Humpty Dumpties for a dime, giant elephants for more than $100, Teddy bears, now celebrating their 50th anniversary, that are chemically treated to keep them free of dust. Dolls do just about everything (eat, burp, nibble fin gers, frown, pucker lips, blow soap bubbles, wet, wail, walk, and recite verse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: The Christmas Stocking | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

John Jordan, son of varsity coach Lloyd Jordan, did most of the passing yesterday as the varsity football squads went through a wet but light pre-Princeton scrimmage with both the freshman offense and defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Scrimmage Eleven In Princeton Game Warmup | 11/4/1952 | See Source »

...which Crooner Sinatra reportedly called in the police to help in getting Ava out of their Palm Springs house), briefly reappeared. Dropping over to the famed handprinted-footprinted pavement in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Ava delicately planted a sandaled foot in a block of wet cement, thereby establishing herself solidly for posterity as a certified movie queen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 3, 1952 | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

...wet and cold combined to keep the offense working on the ground attack. With O'Neill resting and Culver practicing only lightly, two sophomores--quarterback Gerry Marsh and fullback George MacDonald--worked with tailback Dick Clasby and wingback John Ederer. The backfield concentrated on line-bucks and reverses, and Ederer and Clasby broke away for occasional long gains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Concentrates on Ground Attack in Drill Marred by Snow | 10/30/1952 | See Source »

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