Word: briton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spirit, he was implacably Victorian in his ideals and dedi cation to duty. When he became Prime Minister at the nadir of his nation's fortunes in 1940, he was 65-older than any other Allied or enemy leader. He had held more Cabinet posts than any other Briton in history; he had seen more of war than any of his military advisers; and from a lifetime of scholarship, authorship and parliamentary debate, he had fashioned the soul-stirring prose that was to enshrine immortal deeds in immortal words...
...another standout Yardling performance came from Briton Jim Baker, captain of the cross-country runners this fall. Baker took second place behind Northeastern senior Dave Dunsky in the mile run for New England Collegians, beating out Brown's Vic Boog and the Crimson's Jim Smith in the process. Baker's time, 4:17.7, broke the Harvard freshman record he had set just the night before against Brown...
...fourth, unable to pass Hill on the straightaways, the Italian picked the worst turn on the course, a tight hairpin, as a likely spot to make his move. Four times he tried to slip past; four times he failed-coming so close to Hill's B.R.M. that the Briton shook his fist in anger. On the 31st lap he tried again-and this time he slammed into the B.R.M., bounced it clear off the track into a fence. Tail pipes bent, title hopes shattered, Hill limped into the pits and exploded with rage: "Rank amateur driving. Inexcusable." That...
...freshman meet was even less of a race, with the Yardlings topping Penn, 19-42, and making a perfect 15-50 score against Columbia. Briton Jim Baker took first place, his first win in a Crimson uniform...
Denholm Elliott, a thin-lipped Briton who looks like Eastcheap trying hard to be Eton, plays the engineer's assistant: a natural victim who doesn't really know he's alive unless he's being tortured...