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Word: events (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Columbia's fencers obtained an early 6 to 3 lead in foils Saturday at New York, and, in spite of last event attempts by the Crimson Varsity, kept a slight edge to come through for a 14 to 13 victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Fencers Fall To Lion's Foils, 14-13 | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Going into the epee, which proved to be the decisive event, with the 6 to 3 score against them, the Varsity tightened up, but not quits enough and went into the saber bouts with the chips stacked, 11 to 7, in favor of the Lions. The six points scored by the saber team was not enough to offset Columbia's three, and the final score stayed tipped against the Varsity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Fencers Fall To Lion's Foils, 14-13 | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Puritan Julio Vielman turned in one of the best individual times of the evening, touching the tiles in 32.8 in the 50-yard breast stroke event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Keeps Aquatic Slate Dry; Winthrop, Dunster, Deacons Win | 3/7/1947 | See Source »

...food war broke out between classes. Each class ate in a different room, but communication was possible through the portholes, and on this particular Sunday night, all kinds of edibles flew through the air with the greatest of case from one room to the next. A poem commemorated the event, which brought aging John Adams to propose the revival of the practise of flogging students and a few meaty lines should convey the spirit of the evening...

Author: By J. C. R., | Title: Circling the Square | 3/4/1947 | See Source »

Directions: Located on this map, and identified in the statements below, are scenes of recent developments in the news. Write on the answer sheet (opposite the number of each statement) the number which correctly locates the place or event described. 58. Here Keitel, Von Ribbentrop, Frank were hanged and Goring crunched potassium cyanide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz, Mar. 3, 1947 | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

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