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Under the pressure of the furious Harvard fast break and the precision of the Crimson offensive pattern, the Lions lost ground steadily. Nearly total domination of the defensive boards by the Crimson corner men severely hampered Columbia scoring...
...Variables. Shelter debate is almost meaningless, of course, unless tied to a clear set of premises about the character of a nuclear attack. The effectiveness of shelters would depend on the pattern of attack, the size of the bombs, their accuracy, the height of the explosion, weather conditions, and several other variables, all subject to change as U.S. and Soviet technology moves...
Opportunistic Offense. Dwarfed by almost every team they face, Hinkle's toy Bulldogs concentrate on opportunistic "pattern" basketball. They badger opponents with a constant full-court press, patiently set up "give-and-go" plays designed to catch the defenders off guard, and spring a Butler player loose for a driving two-point layup. If they are unable to clear a path to the basket, they feed the ball back to Williams-whose one-hand ed jump shot from 15 ft. is among the most accurate "outside" shots in college basketball. So far this season, the whole Butler team...
...year in office, John F. Kennedy's Cabinet had shaken down in an interesting pattern. In performance and prestige, its members fell into three groups. From top to bottom...
...Institute of Life Insurance cited another statistic to show the changing pattern of U.S. wealth. The richest 5% of the population got 30% of the total U.S. personal income in 1929. In 1959, the institute reported, the top 5% made less than 20% of the total. Result: the other 95% of the nation had $37 billion more to spend than it would have had by 1929 standards...