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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quite possible that an offensive of somewhat smaller proportions will suffice to defeat this afternoon's opponent, for the Brown batsmen have been having an even harder time of it than their Crimson counterparts...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Crimson Nine Seeks Win In League Contest Today | 4/23/1958 | See Source »

After six and one half hours of hardfought tennis on the indoor courts at The Country Club in Brookline, Presbyterian College yesterday became the first team to defeat the varsity since the Southern trip. The Blue Hose triumphed, 5 to 3, as the third doubles contest was called...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Varsity Defeated By Presbyterian In Indoor Match | 4/23/1958 | See Source »

FIRST SUPERSONIC JETS for Japan will come from Grumman, whose Navy planes did the most to defeat Japanese airpower in the Pacific in World War II. For about $300 million, Japanese defense force will get 300 Grumman Super Tiger fighter-bombers, which broke records for speed (1,220 m.p.h. in level flight) and altitude (72,000 ft.). Most of planes will be made in Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Apr. 21, 1958 | 4/21/1958 | See Source »

Although varsity tennis captain Dale Junta is still unable to play, the team should defeat Penn in its first Ivy League match of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Favored In Tennis Meet | 4/19/1958 | See Source »

...view that he was double-crossed by a vacuous F.D.R. But if these conclusions were valid they would stand more firmly on a better research and more detailed history, and one which did not announce its main object as a modern political problem. Smith's defeat came thirty years ago, and while it bears much relevance for Kennedy's ambitions and other present concerns, it can be best understood by reference to 1928, but he is thinking too hard and too obviously about...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Handlin Scans Al Smith With One Eye on 1960 | 4/18/1958 | See Source »

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