Word: bracketeers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weak spots encountered Saturday. Jim Redmon has been moved up from his regular 121-pound spot to fill the vacancy left by Bruce Richardson. This, incidentally, makes it considerably easier on Jom, who has been sweating off twenty pounds before every meet in order to reach the lower weight bracket...
...field events, Mike Ford, a Sophomore who has been consistently clearing 13 feet, is the star polevaulter, but Chet D'autremont has been pressing him for the top bracket. In the high jump, both Bob Partlow and Johnny Bunker usually top six feet. The broad jump will be omitted in the Yale meet, but Partlow and Pirnie will face Dartmouth with an excellent chance of finishing...
...rated in that order by Coach Peroy. Koch is only a Junior, despite the fact that he rates the top in his division, with the result that Peroy hopes to get two years of good services from him. Jaros and Johnson are closely pressing him for the top bracket, and Vaughan, last year's Yardling captain, is improving steadily...
...whopping training program may well founder. To get noncoms and shavetails in quantity, Army bosses may well have to junk some tenets of promotion by seniority. Stock Army retort to suggestions of promotion for merit has long been that such a system would encourage political toadying; but low-bracket officers must be found, even if dull-witted veterans are passed over to commission brainy tenderfeet. To ferret out officer material, all rookies are being interviewed in Big-Businesslike detail as to their education, past occupations, talent for furnishing public entertainment, favorite sports. Queries are couched in folksy phrases. Occupational aptitude...
...Artist of the cameramen, even though he is somewhat shorter on technical skill than his top-notch competitors. After 20 years at the job, Toland, now 36, earns $62,000 a year from his contract with Samuel Goldwyn, lives a quiet, unsocial Hollywood life in spite of his upper-bracket salary...