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...President leaned heavily on the rostrum, threw open the big black leather binder, straightway began his message to the 77th Congress on the State of the Union. Outside the Capitol, roped-off on the stretching plaza, stood hundreds of people. Many had been there since early morning. They could see and hear nothing in particular. They were just there...
...last quarter, with the score tied at 13-all and only two minutes to play, O'Rourke, starting on his own 20-yd. line, threw three successive sure-shot passes. Then, faking another pass, he tucked the ball under his arm and snake-danced down the field to give Boston College the ball game. Score...
...Danger Areas?" Six hundred door-to-door canvassers drank thousands of cups of tea in thousands of kitchens, patiently explained reasons for evacuation. All told, about 40,000 more children were sent away, but the rest would not go. President of the Board of Education Herwald Ramsbotham threw up his hands, admitted: "Compulsory evacuation of school children is politically and socially impossible...
...Winthrop threw Dunster all over the ice and came up with an 11 to 0 conquest with Hal Tighhnan leading the attack with three tallies. Kirkland was defeated by Dudley 4 to 1 in a thrilling match. In the final feature of the program Eliot eked out a 4 to 3 win from Lowell. Lindley Burton chalked up all the Belboy markers, while for Eliot, Gordon Lyle passed the goalie twice and Fred Herter's score in the final minutes of play spelled victory for Eliot...
...hearings threw Brooklyn College into turmoil. Seven of the eight accused teachers hotly denied that they were Communists. (David White was silent.) In Brooklyn streets, small boys threw snowballs at Brooklyn undergraduates, hooted after them: "Reds, Reds." In the college, class work almost stopped. Indignant groups of students gathered in the halls, hissed Dr. Grebanier as he passed. Few doubted the truth of his testimony, but leftists and non-leftists alike agreed that...