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Dartmouth's highly-rated eleven, however, could not withstand the sustained power of the Crimson and fell, 19 to 7. But then, after the second team trampled Lehigh 39 to 0, the Crimson was outplayed for the first time that season, by Pennsylvania, 7 to 0. A scoreless tie with Holy Cross set the stage for Harvard's first triumph over Yale since...
Thoush tired, the varsity got a good run on the shell over this last quarter mile and raised the beat to 36, just enough to withstand a high-stroking Badger spurt. The two crews crossed the finish line half a length apart before hundreds of coeds jammed on sorority docks which jut into the lake...
...Peterson, who sat at his desk and emitted such platitudes as "What you have just seen . . . [affects] the safety of our communities and the well-being of our homes and our families." He asked for preparation at home to guarantee "assurance that the American people are prepared to withstand any assault. "This," he added, with bitter, unconscious humor, "is no simple thing...
...paralyzing effect. It produced the veteran's attitude of "to hell with everything but a degree." And it produced the more permanent prospect of 1,000 additional undergraduates. The veterans had no time to meet and discuss with other students and tutors. Tutorial, abolished during the war, could not withstand post-war indifference and crowding, and gave way to an advisory system. In view of Lowell's motives in founding the Houses, the move in retrospect seems almost unaccountable...
...only dummies have ridden in this disquieting sled, which can withstand forces up to 100G's. So when Lieut. Colonel John P. Stapp, 43 (TIME, January 18), head of the test project, called for human volunteers a fortnight ago, he could not have been sure how many would respond. Flying at the speed of sound in a comfortable airplane designed for the purpose is not the same thing as sliding at the same speed in a rocket-pushed sled at zero altitude...