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Word: cliffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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High men for the Crimson were Cliff Wharton with two firsts, and Pete Harwood with a first and a second. The latter cleared 12 feet on his opening tault and then placed second in the shot put behind big Jeff Tootell, who heaved the regulation schoolboy 12-pound shot 50 feet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackmen Swamp Exeter, Taking All Six First Places | 1/23/1945 | See Source »

...Crimson should sweep most of its points in the 300, 600, and 1000, with such men as Bob Clark, Cliff Wharton, Hugh De Fries, Chuck Steinbauer, Charlie Atwell, Mark Tuttle, and Vic Moriarty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACKMEN TO INVADE EXETER | 1/19/1945 | See Source »

...lanky Cliff Wharton who really broke up the race, taking over from Tuttle on the third leg, and on a flying exchange of batons, building up a 20 yard lead, as he turned in a blazing 52.1 quarter. Anchor man for the Crimson, Bob Clark, set a blinding pace himself, in increasing the lead to almost 50 yards before tying up near the end and relinquishing all but the original 20 yard advantage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON RELAY QUARTET CONQUERS RHODE ISLAND | 1/16/1945 | See Source »

Leading off for Mikkola in the mile relay will be Hugh de Fries, who recently copped the 600 at Tufts. He will be followed by F. S. Steinbauer, Cliff Wharton in the number three spot, and finally Bob Clark, running the anchor leg for the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RELAY SQUADS WILL MEET R.I. | 1/12/1945 | See Source »

Bloody Nose is a mile-long cliff, pockmarked by limestone caves, on which artillery and bombs had little effect. In these caves Japs had stored light artillery, mortars and machine guns. In front of the caves they had built concrete blockhouses which withstood 14-inch naval shells. Pillboxes, even those which had been pulverized, still contained live Japs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: From Yap to Manila | 10/2/1944 | See Source »

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