Word: australian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strong on Home Island, stood in dignified silence as she stepped ashore with her husband. Clad, men and women alike, in sarongs and transparent ceremonial jackets, they waved little Union Jacks and smiled shyly until the ice was broken by a sudden ringing cheer from a group of Australian airmen from nearby West Island...
After a pleasant three hours spent chatting with the islanders and the local white population (Australian airmen and their wives from West Island and the cable station men from Direction) and listening to native music, the royal couple set forth again, bearing delicate ship models as gifts for their children. King Ross himself stood by the wheel of their barge to guide it through the atoll's tricky shoals back to the Gothic, bound for Ceylon and more ceremonies, more crowds...
...Washington-bound airliner put down at Memphis and Lawyer Samuel Sears, a ruddy, pipe-smoking Bostonian with a grey Homburg, natty bow tie and wispy mustache, stepped out for a breath of fresh air. A reporter rushed up to him asking: "Pardon me, sir, but are you the Australian ambassador...
...Sydney, Australian Sprint Champion Hector Hogan, 22, raced 100 yards over close-cropped turf in 9.3 seconds to equal the world record set (on cinders) by California's Mel Patton...
...Australian's two first places were all the Crimson could capture, since the 300-yard medley relay team lost to Yale. The Crimson was second, however, in the number of men placed in the finals...