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From Crimson Tide to Hoya and Tar Heel, the identities of sports teams are tied to colorful and sometimes appalling nicknames...
...NAMES ARE SIMILAR: Crimson and Crimson Tide. Toss out the detergent and they are the same. By reputation, the two are a pair of the nation's foremost institutions--in the classroom it's Harvard, on the gridiron Alabama...
...Crimson Tide's new coach also reflects Thomas's commitment to academics. Curry earned an engineering degree at Georgia Tech and recalled how his college football coach had helped him with his studies by making him run steps when he cut chemistry. As a professional football player, Curry learned that only 37 percent of NFL players had a college degree. If you want proof positive that Curry was hired to do more than win, just look at his own record. Coaching at his alma mater, he had a losing record--hardly the normal credentials to coach...
Thomas has received several death threats after appointing an outsider to lead the Tide. Such things have come to be expected in our sports-crazed society where universities are often confused for places for playing football, instead of places where young people--some of whom play football--are educated. Taking a stand for education at Harvard is easy. Taking a stand for education at Alabama is courageous. And admirable. The whole college football world should follow Thomas's example...
Macmillan came to power during a brief but crucial episode in British history. In 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt in response to Cairo's nationalization of the Suez Canal. But the British soon withdrew, confronted by the Eisenhower Administration's objections to the operation and a rising tide of criticism at home. In so doing, they also had to face a fact that they had resisted until then: the sun had set on the British Empire. After Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigned, ostensibly for health reasons, the Conservative Party chose Macmillan, a veteran politician, as his replacement...