Word: events
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harvard tracksters made the best showing in the mile. Tuttle, with a final burst of speed, led the way in 4:41 and Robert Meckley placed third in this event. In the two mile run Edward Swett was second. John Kent took second...
...winning the meet, Brown's powerful team scored in every event except the 440. The Bruin athletes showed marked superiority and were never in danger of losing the lead...
Bauer predicted the Chaco War and its victorious ending. He predicted the presidency of José Félix Estigarribia. When he predicted the presidency of Higinio Morinigo (another unlikely event which came to pass), the grateful Morinigo made him a sort of court prophet, consulting him often on matters of state...
...Overt Act. MacArthur's instructions were not to create any overt act. His planned strategy, in the event of attack, was to send his bombers over Formosa, the enemy's staging point. Sending the B-17s over Formosa would certainly be "overt." Were the Japs really making war, or was this another "mistake" like the Panay incident? Undetected, Jap bombers soared over Clark Field. When they had gone, the Far East Air Force's main airdrome was a wreckage. Half of Major General Lewis H. Brereton's bomber force had been destroyed...
...dance on the station, a most unusual event, has been scheduled for next Saturday, May 13. For the benefit of the very worthwhile Navy Relief, the tea dance (1600-1800) will be held at Potter. Class morale officers will be taking contributions for the next ten days, and the motto is "Dig deep...