Word: cross
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before the war criminals have been tried, and while America preaches its doctrines of democracy to a war-weary world . . . the Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta, Ga. can advertise publicly, attract a crowd of 2,000, and gain 500 new initiates [TIME, May 20]. How can the fiery cross be considered in any other light than as a home-grown swastika, when it stands for the promotion of racial supremacy...
...auto gadgets. But this race, the first since 1941, was mostly a contest between patched-up prewar jobs. Only nine of the 33 starters finished. The largest crowd ever to watch a U.S. sport event (175,000 people) saw shy George Robson, 36, in his third try at Indianapolis, cross the line first. He averaged 114 m.p.h. in his light blue, alcohol-burning Thorne Special. His reward: about $48,000 in prizes and a trip around the world...
Samuel H. Cross...
...first two meets, on April 20 and 27, saw the Mikkolamen smother first Tufts and Connecticut, and then Rhode Island and Holy Cross. By grabbing most of the win, place, and show monies, the Crimson copped 216 1/6 of a possible 325 points for the two contests. The Fisher boys, Jack and Willo, started their hegemony over the weight events, finishing one-two and two-one in the hammer throw on the two successive Saturdays. Jack Hunter, high and low hurdle artist, was elected captain just after the first meet...
...always been misleading, but the 1946 Yale record shows a powerful team that has steam-rollered most of the Northeast. Its 9 and 2 record includes two victories over West Point and a 17 to 3 thrashing handed to Brown. Only losses have been at the hands of Holy Cross and Kings Point. Dartmouth edged the Cantabs 1 to 0, but the Elis tumbled them twice, 10 to 6 and 3 to 2; Kings Point has beaten both Crimson and Blue, but while the former succumbed, 10 to 2, the latter lost by only 4 to 3; Connecticut beat...