Word: championing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...champion of them all is Argentina's nationalized railroad system. The government estimate puts the 1965 rail loss at $318 million; the actual loss will be more than that in the first ten months. And what a Toonerville Trolley it is-57% of the 27,000 miles of track is more than 40 years old and is in bad shape; 30% of the diesel locomotives are out of service; most passenger and freight cars are obsolete...
...they had a good reason. The Foster brothers--Adam '48, Hugh '50, and Henry '51--each played number one and captained a Crimson squash team. Henry Foster became a National Intercollegiate Champion...
Varsity Football; Glee Club; Champion, Intramural Lightheavyweight Boxing; Adams House Football Coach and Athletic Secretary; Junior Usher; Association of African and Afro-American Students; Intramural Basketball and Track...
Prior to the match, the squad elected Jose Gonzalez as its captain. Gonzialez, now playing in the number two slot behind Rick Sterne, is the National Junior Squash Champion...
...time trial and a race are two different things. The 210-mile South African Grand Prix was the first big race of the 1965 season; 50,000 fans turned out to watch, and everybody who was anybody was there-Champion Surtees in his Ferrari; Britain's Graham Hill, the 1962 winner, in his B.R.M.; Jack Brabham, 1959 and 1960 champion, in his own Brabham-Climax. But Clark's practice lap had won him the pole position, and the starter's flag barely fluttered before he shot into the lead. By the 13th lap, he was already lapping...