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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dive, the Crimson has the talent to win, but not ideal conditions. The strange board and one meter distance may somewhat hamper Chick Montgomery and Ric Johnson. Despite the unfamiliar pool and the lack of two key men, Crimson depth should prove enough to overcome the Lions...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: Swimmers Meet Columbia Today | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

Many good students will have to be weaned gradually but firmly from the habit of shaping all their remarks for the benefit of the teacher; other students, who have resisted this tendency, will find an unfamiliar pleasure in expressing to their peers their own unforced responses to what they are reading...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock, | Title: Attack on Academic Rigidity Calls for 'Major Departure' | 2/20/1959 | See Source »

...beautifully balanced squad, Princeton has the potential to put the varsity to rout. Yet with the psychological disadvantages of playing on an unfamiliar court and thinking about the Dartmouth game, the Tigers seem ripe for an upset, and there is no better occasion than tonight...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Powerful Tigers Heavily Favored Tonight at I.A.B. | 2/20/1959 | See Source »

...visit to Toronto, Australian Super-miler Herb Elliott gamely tried out an unfamiliar sport, as expected ended his turn on the hickories like ski bunnies everywhere: doing an Australian crawl down under a pile of snow. Shaken but game, he scrambled woozily to his feet, diplomatically calmed the fears of his hosts with a gingerly verdict on the adventure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 16, 1959 | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...sure, sure, why not," he replied, with unfamiliar authority...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: Dangerous Interlude | 2/6/1959 | See Source »

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