Word: crosses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spring of 1924, he was national light-car champion, and the days were not long enough for him to get all the racing he wanted. In his "Fronty" Ford, Shaw would race his buddies cross-country on their way to the dirt tracks where they earned their prize money. Evenings, they would celebrate. Dawn would find them racing home, their hopped-up engines shattering the morning silence, their hard tires (90 lbs. of air in motorcycle tires shellacked to the wheel rims) jolting along rutted country roads...
...cross-country airplane pilots, an old dream, recently realized, is an electronic navigation system that tells the direction and distance to the airport of destination. The trouble is that it has been realized not in one system but in two. As a result, the flying industry is split wide-open over which system should be adopted...
...Undergraduate Athletic Council has reversed its earlier decision and recommended that soccer be denied major status until its case has been more thoroughly examined. The Council has also rejected a cross country petition seeking similar recognition...
Taking action on a similar cross country request, the Council voted to reject it outright on the grounds that there is not sufficient interest in the sport. "We feel, however," White said, "that cross country is otherwise qualified for major status. Cross country men certainly train as hard as those in other sports...
Though the Council felt that cross country did not merit major recognition as an independent sport, several members proposed that cross country men might receive major track letters...