Word: events
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...court of Paris' Hotel des Invalides, France's highest military decoration, the Médaille Militaire, and with it the traditional perquisites: the right to an annual tobacco allowance of 200 francs ($1.65) and the privilege of billing the President of France for transportation in the event of illness (for instance, cab fare home if he became intoxicated...
...dinner ion Saturday night stands out as the main event of 72 hours of speech-making, information-giving, and convivial mingling. At the dinner President Conant will report on the University following speeches by the retiring and incoming presidents of the Associated Harvard Clubs...
Although the Varsity grabbed 10 out of 15 firsts, multi Eli seconds, and thirds kept the outcome of the meet in doubt right up to the next to last event, the 220, when Crimson-jerseyed Dave Cavicke surprised everybody by bounding down the middle of the track to paydirt. At this point, there was much clearing of throats and muttering of "that's that" by hoary Eli grads and straw-hatted under-grads alike...
...brightest spot in the weekend cavalcade was the 71 1/2 to 63 1/2 victory of the track team over the Yale Varsity at New Haven. Freshman runners fared not so well losing to the Blue first-year men by the narrowest of margins, two points garnered in the last event...
Tyke Wilcox, the College's top fairway man, hit M.I.T, with a 75 on Friday afternoon, and the Crusaders with a 76 on Saturday morning, but lost top honors to Bill Rickenbacker's 77 in the final Saturday afternoon event against the Providence golfers...