Word: winners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Auntie Mame. A fierce, frenetic bout between a rather ridiculous script and a superb Rosalind Russell. In the end, Mame is the winner on a split decision...
...high hurdles. Landau's opposition, probably the finest hurdle field ever assembled in this part of the country, included Lee Calhoun of North Carolina, the reigning Olympic champion; Keith Gardner of Nebraska, the Big Eight king; and Charlie Pratt of the Philadelphia Pioneers, a former national decathlon winner...
...This situation could be ameliorated considerably by having a preliminary election in which six or eight leaders are chosen who will then participate in a run-off election to determine the final three Marshals. Such a system would, by eliminating the large number of favorite-entry candidates, assure the winner of having at least the passive support of a large percentage of the class. Presumably such an election would be run by an impartial body chosen from the individual House committees or by the Deans...
...another year, Eleanor Roosevelt was the living woman most admired by the nation, as sounded out by Pollster George Gallup. Runner-ups to Mrs. Roosevelt (a ten-time winner in the poll), this year as well as last, were Queen Elizabeth and Clare Boothe Luce. In fourth place: Mamie Eisenhower, sixth in popularity last year. For the seventh time, the pollees ranked President Eisenhower as the most admired living man, trailed by Sir Winston Churchill, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Evangelist Billy Graham and Harry Truman, who slipped from last year's third spot. Newcomers to this year's list...
Erik S. Ronhovde '59, of Claverly Hall and Missoula, Mont., and Washington, D.C., is another winner. President of the Slavic Society, he will continue work at Oxford in Slavic Studies, his current major. Also named by the Rhodes Scholarship Committee is Richard E. Rubenstein '59, of Adams House and Woodmere, N.Y. Rubenstein is president of Phillips Brooks House and was elected alternate class marshal in December...