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Last year Army had only a three-point lead going into the final seven-point race. They won by about three inches. It is more than likely that the relay will decide this year's meet...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Relay Race Is Key as Cadets Swim Varsity | 1/13/1950 | See Source »

...good showing against Holy Cross and a two-for-three Western trip had left the varsity favored over the Tigers, but after producing a three-point lead in the first ten minutes of play, Shepard's double pivot attack failed to jell. Princeton won going away. Close guarding by Tiger footballers George Sella and Dick Kazmaler helped hold down Rockwell and Ed Smith, who only made 12 points between them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Routs Five, 77-42 Rockwell Held to 9 Points | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

This means that the Tigers will remain the three-point favorites they are tonight, come sun or high water. In an effort to beat these odds, Valpey will pit the same lineup that downed Holy Cross against Charlie Caldwell's veteran Princeton team...

Author: By Burt Glinn, | Title: Crimson Opposes Favored Princeton in Big 3 Opener | 11/6/1948 | See Source »

Cheaper. It looked as if the cost of food-the biggest component of the cost of living-was finally heading down. In its mid-September index of crop and livestock prices, the Department of Agriculture reported a three-point drop to 290 (1909-14 average: 100), the second drop in two months. The Journal of Commerce's wholesale food index also dropped half a point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Facts & Figures, Oct. 11, 1948 | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

Long Lyndon Johnson, one of Texas' most ebullient Congressmen, had introduced the first new gimmick in Texas politics* since the hillbilly band and the free barbecue. Leapfrogging all over the state in his helicopter, he hoped to make a three-point landing in the seat which "Pappy" O'Daniel, the demagogue from Fort Worth, would vacate next January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Hello, Down There | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

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