Word: champ
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Labor's most popular measures. In the House of Commons last week, Churchill declared that the vote of censure he had called for would be postponed. As he strolled out of the chamber, leaving Bevan lolling confidently on the government front bench, one Tory ruefully said: "The champ's quit. There'll be no bruising today...
Teeth In the Harbor. With the champ gone, the Tory seconds swarmed in on Bevan like an army of Lilliputians-but in vain. Why and how, they wanted to know, had Bevan come to be so inaccurate in his estimates. Protested one Tory: "If a business firm or a contractor made such a ghastly error, he would go bankrupt...
...third highest in racing history), the then seven-year-old had earned the right to grow old in comfort. Instead, Armed perked up with the rest cure; his ankle bothered him hardly at all. Last week, to a sentimental flurry of applause from the crowd, the old champ jogged to the post at Hialeah Park for a comeback...
...best individual match will come early in the afternoon. Dartmouth captain Pat Dolan, who has lost only once in the last two years and was Middle Atlantic prep school champ while at Lawrenceville, takes on flashy Dave Smith at 128 pounds...
...most interesting match of the day should be the heavyweight duel, which pits Houston against Benny Davis, a tackle on the Army football team. However, Army's top wrestler is probably Ralph Raabe, eastern intercollegiate champ three years ago at 121, runner-up the following year, and number two man at 128 last season...