Word: crosses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...chance came in a district where, only two weeks before, others had staked much and lost. The district, on Paris' Left Bank, includes a cross section of all France-shopkeepers, concierges, the Latin Quarter's students, Grenelle's workingmen. When the death of a Deputy forced a special election, every party accepted it as the first major referendum since last year's national election, and committed its full forces-all but Poujade, who asked his followers to boycott the election. It proved to be the most riotous campaign in 20 years. There were bombings, street fights...
...date of the German generals' attempt on Hitler's life. In Paris, as chief of staff in France. Speidel was intimately involved in the plot to overthrow Hitler, but like his superior. Rommel, disapproved of assassinating him. When the assassination attempt failed, Speidel was one of those cross-questioned by SS interrogators but handled himself so skill fully that Hitler never got enough on him to hang him with the rest...
...wild search for the best scholarship deals-today's youngsters have acquired the habit of applying to as many schools as possible. One Connecticut boy, for instance, was able to choose between Amherst, which offered him no scholarship. Bates, which offered $600, Wesleyan with a $500 offer, Holy Cross with $700, and Yale with $1,250. Another boy sent Princeton an irate letter after he was rejected, pointed out that of the 23 colleges he applied for, 22 had accepted him. What, the boy wanted to know, was wrong with Princeton...
...complex dead-reckoning system that measures the airplane's speed by means of radar pulses reflected from the ground. It also measures the sideways drift caused by cross winds and keeps track of the airplane's heading during all parts of the flight. This informa tion, combined automatically by a computer, tells the pilot continuously where he is, and as a kind of extra feature, the clever "66" helps him find the fastest wind to boost him to his destination...
Dick Wharton and A1 Bordon each finished third in their heats in the Jack Ryder 440, neither placed, as the winner, based on times, was Bill Merritt of Holy Cross, who broke the record held by former Crimson star Dave Alpers. Skerritt placed second for Yale...