Word: 26th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...house on the hill just below it. The smoke and dust were beginning to lift from Inchon's waterfront area. The fighting was sporadic. One patrol brought in a rather staggering prize: a whole platoon, led by its lieutenant, from the third battalion of the 26th North Korean regiment, the outfit defending Inchon. The patrol had moved in on the platoon, which gave up without a fight. The Korean lieutenant, eager to be cooperative, told Jaskilka that much of his battalion had been killed in the two-day shelling of Inchon. Those who survived had retreated in the direction...
...first to blow was Rookie Mackey. Unnerved by his gallery of 6,000, he took a seven on the 4th, heading for a shaky 81 and a final tournament standing of 26th place. He was not the only one to go. Veteran Sam Snead had been losing stroke after stroke on the greens. "I'm puttin' as though my doggone arms wuz broke," moaned Sam. As the incoming scores went up on the huge scoreboards, other topflighters began to slip: Jimmy Demaret (149 for the first 36 holes), Al Brosch (151), Lawson Little (153). But iron-nerved...
...shibboleth" in your paper. I confess that I am not up to all these big words before breakfast, since I am a simple man, and especially since (as possible subsequent investigation by secret-agents Wyant and Poskanzer will bear out) I am only an English major. Yet the April 26th letter, by the individuals mentioned above, confuses me a little. Far from wishing to submerge myself in this blood-bath of fierce partystrife, I would merely like to tender timidly some thoughts which are in no way representative of anybody except possibly some other member of the great unwashed such...
...26th group, the Chess Club, asked only for a place to play, and will have access to a general conference room...
...Crimson skiers were John Hart, 16th in cross country; Jerry Porter, 20th in the downhill and 22nd in the down-hill slalom combined; and George Abbott, 20th in the combined race and 26th in the downhill...