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...sporting world these and all statistics speak ever so much louder than words, even words which have been shoed for five decades. In the record books these statistics may become glorious chronologies of a fertile tradition which somehow pulls a losing team through in the clutch. Mysteriously, they can send out feelers into the schoolboy world, attracting potential stars who want to continue a tradition or learn a sport better than they can anywhere else...
...basketball tradition behind the 1954 quintet just doesn't exert such an allure. No year stands out in most coaches' minds as the glorious "It" year. No silver cups line the shelves of Harvard players. And no one proudly dangles a gold ball from his key chain as a symbol of an undefeated or championship year...
...glorious thing to learn that Negro women are clamoring to join the Communist Party. They are beating at our doors. I think it is a fine thing...
...causes is the non-recognition of fair criticism, as well as of letters to the editors, unless they coincide with the doctrines of CRIMSONism." Concerning McCarthy, its stand refuses to admit of any honesty or sincerity on the part of the accused, assuming that he is somewhat of a glorious revolutionist...
...ballot, the mood of the French press and public grew darker with rage and indignation. In Lyon, citizens hung up a street banner reading: THE CONGRESS OF VERSAILLES IS A MOCKERY. FRENCHMEN OF ALL OPINIONS, SHOW DISAPPROVAL BY PUTTING YOUR FLAGS AT HALF-MAST. What had begun as a "glorious uncertainty" (in the words of mercurial Foreign Minister Georges Bidault) had degenerated into an inglorious ordeal. Although the presidency is supposed to be above politics, it was partisan politics that blocked a choice for so long...