Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Many followers of Harvard basketball were prepared for another long, hard season at the bottom of the Ivy League, but the first two games at least have given them cause for a bit of optimism.
No one is yet ready to consider the Crimson a serious threat to Pennsylvania or Princeton for the Ivy League title, but sophomore dominated teams have ways of suddenly jelling into solid ball clubs.
However, only half of the member colleges in the ACE replied to a special questionnaire on NDEA, which was circulated last month. 1200 questionnaires were sent out, with replies favoring repeal of the affidavit and 178 opposing repeal.
American colleges favor repeal of the disclaimer affidavit in the National Defense Education Act by a 3 to 1 margin, the American Council on Education reported recently.
It is the youth of the present team (only one senior and four lettermen) that is its biggest advantage and also its biggest liability. Huntling sophomores, hungry for regular positions, can give a team the spark that often makes up for a lack of talent, but they also make many...