Word: dashings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more than the direct course planned around the top of the world, although almost every mile of it was flown by instruments, often against fiercely adverse weather conditions. Halved had been Lindbergh's 33½-hour time to Paris, halved the late great Wiley Post's solo dash around the world five years earlier...
...three months been exploring the field. They are described as having gathered news "from London, where television has failed dismally." Some member of your team has surely betrayed you here. Any of the many thousands of people, who watched on the television screen Bois Roussel make his winning dash in the Derby, or Eddie Phillips knocking out Ben Foord in the ninth round, or Donald Budge playing at Wimbledon, could have told him better. Television in England has its own difficulties to overcome; but it is now providing a daily service of excellent quality to many thousands of viewers...
Coach Cromwell's 1938 crop of runners & jumpers who came East last week have been undefeated this season. Outstanding sprinter is Adrian Talley, who lived up to expectations by winning the 100-yd. dash last week. Outstanding pole vaulters, curiously enough, are another pair of "Trojan Twins," Loring Day and Kenneth Dills. Both soar 14 ft., 3 in. with ease, and Day's recent vault of 14 ft., 7 in. is the top pole-vaulting performance of the year. Although Day & Dills kept in trim during the transcontinental trip by chinning on a bar stretched across the Pullman...
...Yard Dash-Won by M. L. Cohen '29 (Lowell); second-W. J. Clothier, 2nd '38 (Adams); third-C. L. Burwell '39 (Eliot); fourth-tie between J. Quattrone '40 (Lowell) and E. W. Reed '40 (Eliot). Time...
...Yard Dash-Won by J. D. J. K. Cook 38 (Dunster); second-M. L. Cohen '39 (Lowell); third-E. Sachs, Jr. '38 (Winthrop); fourth-S. M. Tonkonow '40 (Lowell); fifth-E. W. Reed '40 (Eliot). Time...