Word: dicks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...yellow flags that mark the gates, skidded once and almost missed a gate. Her first run was clocked in 59.7 seconds ; the second time, she cut two seconds off that. Thanks to Gretchen Fraser, the U.S. had won its first Olympic ski race in history. The same day, boyish Dick Button, 1 8, of Englewood, N.J., jumped and spun through his figure-skating routine to give the U.S. its second triumph...
...whiz for Publishers Hutchinson, Inc.,* "a perfectly authentic young-man-on-the-way-up, with all the trimmings: insomnia, a nice apartment on the correct street, seven suits, and the urge to leave his wife." His boss believed that "books are merchandise, like soap or toothpaste or fountain pens." Dick Eliot felt cheap and dishonest, but he was also a social climber with his eye on a social-register widow. So he promoted trash and got himself a nice raise...
Defenseman Dick Greeley led the limited Crimson attack with two tallies, while Tom Moseley and Steve Washburn accounted for the other two. But Tiger defense help up well to bottle Harvard's attack while their own offense held a steady advantage. Once more, Johnny Chase started in the nets and took the brunt of the scoring, most of which was perpetrated while Harvard was short one man. The summary: HARVARD (4) PRINCETON (8) McKean lw Roberts Rey c Clarkson Sears rw Elsaesser Washburn ld Ryerson Greeley rd Bernard Chase g Callanan...
Varsity squad members Bill Mobraaten and John Altrocchi will probably play for the Jayvees again tonight, lining up in the forward slots. Captain Dick Covey and Chuck Brynteson will handle the guard duties with Frank Lionette at center...
Back in 1935, Athletic Director Bill Bingham used up six weeks finding Eddie Casey's successor, Dick Harlow. Five weeks have elapsed since Harlow resigned. Which means precisely nothing, except that five subtracted from six leaves...