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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Miss Albright, the current world champion, competes in the school figures today, and will perform the free figures Thursday. The leg gash which she suffered in practice has apparently healed well, and to the beginning of competition today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tenley Skates Today For Olympic Crown; Cleary Scores Goal | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...hopes to roll his throbbing clauses to the vice-presidency this year. A typical Clement peroration: "Once in this world, a lonely figure climbed a cross-marked hill, and went from there into an airless tomb. He was the foe of lies, dishonor, theft and treachery. He was the champion of truth, honor, faith and bravery. It is my fervent prayer that I can so live as to be worthy of His sacrifice. If you cannot find it in your hearts to give me your votes, I beg you to give me your prayers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TENNESSEE: Man to Watch | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...bill on the floor, Johnson picked Oklahoma's amiable Senator Mike Monroney, at whom nobody ever gets mad. Backing Monroney was Arkansas' syrup-toned Senator William Fulbright, who specializes in charm. In the background was Oklahoma's heavy-fisted, wrath-kindling Senator Robert Kerr, longtime champion of the gas producers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Healing Hand | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...Tenley Albright, world's champion figure skater and one of the U.S.'s few sure bets for a first place, tripped over a hole in the ice and gashed her leg. But the pretty blonde premedical student, who took up skating to offset the effects of childhood polio, insisted she would be ready for competition. Her physician father, who flew in from the U.S., agreed. Said Tenley: "I'll skate even if the leg is broken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ill-Omened Olympics | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Radcliffe junior Tenley Albright will continue practicing, trying to shake off the effects of her injured leg, in preparation for the figure skating events Monday. The current World Champion, she went through her most rigorous routines yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Olympic Sextet Faces Czechs | 1/27/1956 | See Source »

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