Word: beating
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Beat It." At 23, John got into trouble with the police for stealing a typewriter and a movie projector. At an "honor farm" of Ohio State Reformatory, it was the same old story. Other prisoners avoided him: "I would walk up and watch them when they were playing cards. They let me stand there for awhile and then look up as if they were telling me to beat it." He ran away from the farm, was caught stealing again and sent back to the reformatory...
...Beat (Fri. 7:30 p.m., NBC). Commentator Clark Eichelberger. Guest: Australian President of the U.N. General Assembly Herbert V. Evatt...
With the gun, he launched himself into the water like a spent torpedo. He rolled a spray-spattered eye at the four other sprinters splashing in other lanes until he saw whom he had to beat. Then, head down, he started churning, with a fast arm but a slow, deep kick that is uncommon to sprinters. A pinwheel fast turn and a lung-busting finish did the trick as usual. When Wally's big hand touched the tile 51.4 seconds after the start, he could add another A.A.U. championship to his collection of titles (fortnight ago, he was voted...
After bowing to two southern teams last season, the Crimson went on to beat everyone else except Cornell and Princeton. This year the team is much greener, but Barnaby wouldn't be a bit surprised if his players were able to do the same thing again...
...sailors led the League last year in team fielding with a phenomenal 966 average and wound up second in the standings behind Yale's NCAA runner-ups, whom they beat in league play. Their 26 runs in two games indicate power at the plate, but Delaware's nine runs may be significant also. Harvard finished ninth in the League with a two and four record...