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Page 59
For one thing , only Franklin P. Adams of the original four knew or cared anything about sports and even he knew only tennis , baseball and the football fortunes of his alma mater , the University of Michigan .
For one thing , only Franklin P. Adams of the original four knew or cared anything about sports and even he knew only tennis , baseball and the football fortunes of his alma mater , the University of Michigan .
Page 64
... usually were required to “ get three out of four ” or perhaps “ four out of five , ” but if we hadn't been giving away enough sets of the encyclopaedia , Mr. Fadiman would calmly change that to “ Get all on this , ” or even strain a ...
... usually were required to “ get three out of four ” or perhaps “ four out of five , ” but if we hadn't been giving away enough sets of the encyclopaedia , Mr. Fadiman would calmly change that to “ Get all on this , ” or even strain a ...
Page 134
He had been to all the great ports of the world , had a working knowledge of three or four foreign languages , a good grounding in Latin and apparently he had read all the books he could find on naval history .
He had been to all the great ports of the world , had a working knowledge of three or four foreign languages , a good grounding in Latin and apparently he had read all the books he could find on naval history .
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Contents
MYSELF WHEN YOUNG I | 1 |
THE NEWSPAPER GAME | 17 |
HOBNOBBING WITH CHAMPIONS | 31 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Not Under Oath: Recollections and Reflections |
| Author | John Kieran |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 282 pages |
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