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Word: crosses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...distance races at the Olympics have traditionally gone to Finns and Swedes, but at Cortina they were not in a class with a Leningrad student named Lyubov Kozyreva, who must have done her homework stretching her cross-country stride. She swung over the lo-kilometer (6.2-mile) course in 38:11, scant yards in front of Teammate Radiya Eroshina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Russia Whips the World | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

...nutritional reasons that the new tray was put in, nor was it for reasons of health that the floors in Hollis were polished. The distinguished visitors only rarely got a picture of the seamy side of college life, but they did get a fine cross-section of dormitory facilities--possibly enough to know what they want a new House to be like...

Author: By Paul H. Plotz, | Title: Visiting Committee Studies Beef Liver and Dormitories | 2/4/1956 | See Source »

...Dartmouth Outing Club reported six inches of snow and more falling. Some members of the Crimson ski team, in order to take advantage of the last minute snow, left for Hanover yesterday to practice on the jump and run cross-country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Crimson Teams Entered at Dartmouth | 2/3/1956 | See Source »

...football team's mediocre record was brightened only by a 7-6 victory over Princeton, and the weather was consistently terrible, the soccer and cross-country teams met with better success. Undefeated in dual meets, the harriers won the Big Three championship as Pete Reider took the individual crown. The soccer team won the New England and Big Three titles and tied for the new Ivy crown when Grey Hodnett scored in overtime to beat Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tuition Up, Football Down | 2/1/1956 | See Source »

Haughtyculturist. In Gerrard's Cross, England, outraged when he found four of his favorite rhododendron bushes missing, Fernley F. Parker chained the remaining five to a nearby oak tree, put up a sign in red crayon: "The person who has now stolen four of my special rhododendrons from here is a despicable coward and thief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 30, 1956 | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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