Word: champion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Principal champion of the bill was blustering, barrel-chested Krobo ("The Crowbar") Edusei, whose power and prestige as Nkrumah's Minister of the Interior would be immeasurably enhanced by its passage. "I'm glad to say," said Edusei, who tends to see a potential subversive behind every tree, "that the country as a whole is quieter now than it has been in three years. But there are still those who, if the opportunity offered, would be ready for a resort to force." The proposed bill is only a routine restatement of emergency powers granted during World...
...varsity hockey team will have the opportunity of taking on last year's "Champion of the East" when it meets Clarkson at 7 p.m. tonight at the Boston Arena. The Black Knights gained this highly unofficial title last spring when they beat the Crimson 2 to 1 in the second overtime of the NCAA consolation game at Colorado Springs...
...California's Joey Lopes was as aggressive as he knew how to be against Lightweight Champion Joe Brown, but Brown's sharp counterpunches picked Lopes' attack to pieces, and Brown held on to his title with a T.K.O...
...give the varsity a temporary 19-0 margin, but Dartmouth's captain Fred Pitzner, saved his mates from total ignominity in the next match, as he decisioned the fifth starting sophomore, Steve Weddle, 8 to 1, at 167. Pitzner was the New England 177-pound champion last season, Dartmouth's first champion in organized wrestling...
...Crimson had only one real penalty--when Dan Ullyot slammed down a potential scorer--but its checking was a spectators delight. From big John Copeland down to scrappy wing Bruce Gillie the sextet made B. C.'s once-champion checkers appear almost helpless...