Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bill Cleary scored his first goal in Olympic competition Saturday as the United States whipped Poland, 4 to 0, and Tenley Albright begins her quest for the Olympic figure-skating crown this morning at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...
Experts expect Carol Heiss of New York, runner-up in last year's world championship to give Miss Albright stiff competition in the free figures, but the Radcliffe junior's superiority in the compulsory school events seemed likely to bring her the title. Miss Albright, who lost the crown in 1952 when she fell late in the competition, said before leaving the United States that she also anticipated a very strong bid from Catherine Machado. the third United States entry...
...Handsome, strapping (6 ft. 3 in.) King Paul, 54, inherited the battered Greek crown from his late brother George II in 1947 when Greece was bleeding from the civil war, and with his vivacious Queen Frederika, toured the country by jeep and muleback to restore confidence in the throne. He reigns with a minimum of pomp and with a warm public following...
Waterproof Plywood. A cheap, plastic-surfaced, waterproof plywood called Duraply, designed for the fast-growing small-boat industry, has been developed by Crown Zellerbach Corp. and U.S. Plywood Corp. Made with a new machine that permits the use of lower-grade logs, a ⅜-in.-thick plywood panel sells at the mill for $157 per 1,000 sq. ft., which Crown Zellerbach says is 16% less than comparable plastic-coated plywoods...
...squash season, however, is not over. After exams the Crimson must meet and defeat five of the toughest squads in the nation before it can claim an undefeated season and the Intercollegiate Crown...