Word: event
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...have antiaircraft missiles that are operational or because the Reds don't want to tip their hand. In any case, U.S. radar and photographic mapping missions over the Russian land mass continue with a fair degree of success and immunity. This indicates that in the event of an all-out situation, SAC bombers would get through in high enough proportion to result in a major catastrophe to the Soviet Union. The Kremlin knows this...
...muse hung airy as a blimp over Tokyo's Imperial Palace, where a top event of Japan's literary season, the annual poetry party, went into its lyrical finale. Seated before a huge golden screen, Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako harkened approvingly to verse by 15 finalists chosen from a record 17,238 entrants trying their hand at the formal 31-syllable waka. Then they listened solemnly while their own poems were read. The imperial family does not compete in the contest itself, this year featuring the subject of "Clouds." Hirohito's effort, read five times...
...event will be sponsored by the Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory of Yale University with the cooperation of the Nova Scotia government. Yale has invited Harvard, Princeton and three Canadian schools to participate. The five members of each team and their faculty adviser need not have had any previous big game fishing experience...
...game fishing match between Yale and St. Francis was the first intercollegiate event of its kind to take place. The first intercollegiate fishing match of any kind was held at Amherst in May, 1949. Williams, Amherst, Dartmouth, Norwich and the University of Massachusetts spent two days in light tackle fishing competition. This event has been reorganized and now takes place every year at the University of Massachusetts...
Prominent among the other Crimson entrants in Saturday night's meet will be hurdler Joel Landau, who will take on some of the nation's finest performers in this event. McCurdy was extremely impressed with Landau's showing against B.U., and the Crimson junior should be able to reach at least the final heat of the K. of C. hurdles...