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Hesitant Cassandras. Budd Gore of Chicago's Marshall Field & Co. warned: "Shows don't have to sink to the level of crime, cliff-hanging and blood & thunder to get a high rating . . . Let me remind you that parents still exist and we must think of the long-range disadvantage of alienating [them]." He was seconded by Miles Laboratories' (Alka-Seltzer) Lester Waddington, who reported that "Parents are beginning to complain that unless there is better programing soon, the babysitter problem will be with them again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Anything's Better Than Nothing | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

Radcliffe piled up a ten point lead by the half, and though Pine Manor was able to sink live field goals and six free shots in the second half, they were unable to overcome their opponents, trailing by two points at the end of the game. Highscorer for the Annex was Diane Wertz with a total of 12 points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Annex Sextette Tops Pine Manor by 31-29 | 3/16/1950 | See Source »

...Admissions endeavors to apply standards similar to those which govern the award of Rhodes Scholarships: character, scholarship, athletic ability, and promise of future usefulness. If we as almuni were instrumental in submitting to the Committee applicants measuring up to its standards, we need not fear that Harvard may sink to the level of the University of Chicago...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alumni and Football | 3/14/1950 | See Source »

Three points in the last minute by the Bulldog's high-scoring Ted Anderson, followed by Harvard's failure to sink any of its four frantic shots in the last seven seconds, left the visiting Cantabs on the short end of a 56 to 55 score...

Author: By Monroe S. Singer, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Quintet, Swimmers Show Well Despite New Haven Setbacks | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

Playing a superb game, the varsity quintet upset Yale, 57 to 55, Saturday night at the Arena. Ed Smith broke through a cluster of Elis with less than a minute left to play to sink the basket which gave Harvard its first win over the Bulldogs in three years...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Five Topples Favored Yale Team, 57-55; Smith's Last-Minute Basket Wins Game | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

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