Word: crosses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that they could choose their own brand of music and platitude for at least a year. But apparently the sound truck idea had caught on, for Lamont still continued to echo occasionally to the blaring of music and speeches from organizations like the A.F. of L. or the Holy Cross student association...
Houses will have their last opportunity to pick up Straus Trophy points this fall in the cross country meet, which has been postponed to Nov. 19. The number of entrants from a House is unlimited, but only the first five to finish on a team will count. There will be no cross country meet with Yale...
That evening, still showing no signs of fatigue, the royal couple shook 2,000 hands at the Greek ambassador's reception, then hurried on to Secretary Dulles' official dinner. Queen Frederika, wearing a cream satin gown, a diamond coronet and the Greek army's Cross of Bravery, bravely tackled the lobster thermidor, roast pheasant, Smithfield ham mousse, marron bombe on nests of spun sugar and three wines. Next morning Their Majesties were up early for a whirlwind tour of the Naval Academy at Annapolis...
Alphe Broussard, a Lafayette cattleman and rice grower, years ago dedicated himself to buying Charolais. He wanted to cross them with Brahmas to produce Char-bray, a relatively new cattle breed that, according to preliminary tests, fattens with spectacular rapidity. At one time Broussard planned to buy an island off Alaska and keep the Charolais in quarantine there for a while. The Agriculture Department turned down the idea, but Broussard was not discouraged. He made an enticing offer to devout Henri Gilly, owner of the Mexican herd: if Gilly would sell him the cattle, Broussard would donate income from them...
...Crimson cross-country runners pulled a minor upset yesterday by racing to a strong third place behind Cornell and Army in the 15th Annual Heptagonals at Van Courtland Park in New York City...