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Harvard was plagued by inconsistency. They had eight firsts, but also a half-dozen lasts, in their last meet of the season...
...half-dozen or so empirical studies of student conservatives are summarized by Block, Haan, and Smith: parents of conservative students are disproportionately Republican and Protestant, and they tend to be authoritarian and achievement-oriented in their child-rearing practices; the students, themselves, tend to view their own value patterns along the lines of Ayn Rand's. Heavily concentrated in business curricula, student rightists appear to be active not only at the large, prestigious and visible institutions, but also at many smaller colleges -- especially church-related ones, southern universities, and technical and other career-oriented institutions...
...last year's staff, twisted ligaments in his pitching shoulder playing catch with a medicine ball. He attempted to pitch in a practice game Saturday, but Harvard coach Norm "Swampfox" Sheperd says "he just didn't feel comfortable." Sheperd had been counting on McCandlish to win "at least a half-dozen games." It is now doubtful that the fast-balling senior will see any more action...
...Crimson captain had some trouble with a dislocated finger for a while this season, and his shooting was off for a half-dozen games. Although he doesn't complain about it, he has spent more time on the bench this year than ever before. It certainly has not been the happiest year of Gene Dressler's basketball life...
...week ago, Sam Brown--with perhaps a half-dozen hours of sleep in three days--had to stand before television lights and cameras and a labyrinth of microphones, and tell the nation that an organization to which he was committed had been perpetrating a grandiose, 15-year lie. Today, this congenial -- if somewhat idealistic -- young man is talking about the opportunity the whole affair may have provided for a new era in national student involvement...