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Those five can hold their own with almost any sort of opposition, and the Barnabymen are usually able to sweep the last few matches. This team is almost as strong in the last three positions as it is in the first three. Sophomore Decker Orr is one of the hardest-hitting players Harvard has had in years and literally whales a rival into submission. Another great second-year man, Sandy Parker, comes next on the list. He is tireless, has a sound game, and only lacks a complete supply of finesse shots before becoming a topnotcher. Dave DeKruif, a Senior...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: SPORTS of the CRIMSON | 2/11/1941 | See Source »

Since then there have been three major reconnaissances of nerves. Adolf Hitler has learned by these (accomplished by troop movements, bombings, concentrations of barges, etc.) that the Balkans and Ireland would be comparative pushovers, that Britain would be nothing of the sort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Until the Zero Hour | 2/10/1941 | See Source »

...real-estate agent told me," broadcast CBS's Larry Lesueur from London, "that the reason for London's failure to beautify itself after its first cleansing fire 300 years ago was that businessmen then were so eager to get back to work that they threw up any sort of building, just so that they would be in a position to do business. It's feared there will be a similar rush to get any kind of office going after this war is over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Real Estate and Bombs | 2/10/1941 | See Source »

...areas, the New York Times's seasoned Rome correspondent, Herbert L. Matthews, concluded that the rumors had been nothing more than that. Said he: "Foreign newspapermen in Rome ... are always in touch with the other large Italian cities and could not fail to learn about anything of this sort if it happened. The stories were really false." Italians got what cheer they could from the news that eight of Italy's dozen Cabinet Ministers, including gaudy Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, had donned officers' uniforms and joined the nation's desperate fighting forces. But the catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Home Trials | 2/10/1941 | See Source »

Injuries and probation have stripped Coach Mikkola's squad of most of its running talent, except in the sprints, so Harvard does not have any sure points in the mile, the two mile, or the long relays. If the visiting Crimson trackmen can make any sort of a showing in these races, the meet will be theirs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cindermen Are Slight Favorites Over Army | 2/8/1941 | See Source »

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