Word: events
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...victory climaxed a long procession of California triumphs. Its girl divers. both talented and pretty, won first and second in every event; San Francisco's Ann Curtis hung up a new Olympic record in the 400-meter swim. And in the individual track & field events, California's golden boys really shone. They walked off with seven gold medals-two more than the Swedes, five more than the rest of the U.S. team. Had California competed on its own in track & field in London, the tally would have read: California 102, Sweden...
...even to ask to be taken back was in itself a "form of anti-party activity." Perhaps deviationist Browder, who is still the Kremlin's publishing agent in the U.S., was also being held in reserve, in case Moscow's line should be changed again. In any event the comrades at the Riverside Plaza slammed the door in his face...
...took staying power and icy nerve, as well as muscle and precision. The first day, under dismal rain, he had sweated through the 100-meter dash, broad jump, shotput, high jump, and 400-meter run. He failed to place first in a single event that day (though he tied five men in the high jump), but he was never out of the running either; the young giant hovered just behind the flashier winners, steadily piling up points. Bob Mathias (rhymes with defy us) was in third place when he tumbled into bed that night...
Since 1920, U.S. women have never lost an Olympic diving event; the present squad is reportedly fancier than ever. U.S. women gymnasts will be appearing in an event newly added to the Olympic agenda...
...feel that nobody in the world appreciates a really enterprising man. He might have expected cheers for his latest ambitious project: to put a full-length Technicolor record of this summer's Olympic Games on the world's screens within a bare three weeks of the last event. Instead, the predominant noise was a squawk from other moviemakers, shut out of the Olympics when Rank paid ?25,000 for exclusive film (and television) rights. By last week, however, with Rank's announcement of final arrangements, everyone calmed down...