Word: yards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Over Cambridge, even at this height, it was possible to watch football plays in the stadium, and to see students walking in the Square. Only Widener's bulk and the graceful spire of Memorial Church broke the leafy roof of the Yard. Flying from Bedford to Cambridge and back takes only a few minutes, but it offers a delightful perspective on the University's architecture and layout--the bold patterns of Quincy and Leverett Towers, for example, and the pleasing sweep of the riverfront Houses...
...crowding-rent situation does not affect freshman rents, which are uniform throughout the Yard, but freshmen should be able to speak out on the problem during the Spring, commented F. Skiddy von Stade, Dean of Freshmen. Their choice should be made in a more thorough fashion than the maximum and minimum rent preference of the House applications, he added...
...outweigh the Crimson by as muc has 30 pounds a man, but Harvard will probably have an advantage in speed. Last Saturday in the Yardlings' 38-20 win over Tufts, for example, Hobie Armstrong at left half ran back two punts, both for touchdowns, and carried a pass 30 yards for a third tally. Chuck Taylor at right half also ran well; and Bill Hatch, playing second-string right half, scored a touchdown from the 20-yard line...
Trailing by four points with but 24 seconds remaining, Cornell's football team suddenly connected for a 76 yard pass play that defeated the Crimson, 20 to 16. It was as exciting and unlikely a finish as local fans have seen in years...
...Yard moves closer to the killer, the script unfortunately moves closer to propaganda, repeats its brothers-under-the-skin theme so often that the point is blunted. Sapphire is a novel mystery that pulls no punches, but it would have been even better if it had not started swinging with the left...