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...just as much yardage in midweek scrimmages as in Saturday's big game. The seven linemen-roaring another guttural "Y-A-A-A-A-H-H-R-R-R"*-charged like bulls into a row of freshman defenders, who were specially padded, rather like picadors' horses, to withstand the shock. In the same split-second instant, a long-legged halfback named John Lattner sprang from his crouch, took the deft hand-off of the ball from his quarterback, and cracked through the right side of the line with the power of a runaway steer...
...furniture-nobody is sure what-will replace the present equipment in University rooms. In the meantime, four Kirkland House students are testing the various alternatives. Metal desks and wooden ones undergo the daily wear of cigarette butts and feet. Bookshelves feel the load of heavy Government texts. Tables withstand the stain and strain of punch bowls...
...there is the recent German election. It shows that Communism in Germany is nil, in contrast with the heavy vote in France and Italy. It shows that our most understandable ally in the world is West Germany, and that Britain will not be able much longer to withstand a real coalition of the Western powers against Communism, which Britain loves too much...
...clear that any break with the powerful NCAA, whether partial or complete, could not take place unless there was a tightly knit Ivy Group that could withstand a possible NCAA boycott...
...result of her confession and her papers, the cops got busy. But they did not make arrests until they were ready. Then twelve suspects were arrested, and braced themselves to withstand torture, but instead, the police showed them photographs of conspirators keeping rendezvous, passing documents in parks, etc. The pictures had been taken with telephoto lenses from roofs, treetops and other vantage points. As a gratified cop said, "They sang like nightingales...