Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...weather is clear and track fast, two Harvard records may have fallen when the sun sets behind the stadium. George Downing, who has been heaving the shot consistently over 48 feet, may well crack Johnny Dean's 1933 mark of 48 ft., 10 1/4 inches. And Don Donahue is conceded an outside chance to pare the 220 low hurdle record, not bettered since Joseph G. Willis '02 covered the furlong stretch...
Lewis' own idea about the sex life of the Harvard undergraduate is that too often he sets out in quest of amorous adventures according "to some preconceived hard-and-fast theory, too frequently grounded on the exaggerations and distortions of other undergraduates boasting in bull sessions...
...trumpet riffs around star number two betray a guy with a perpetual grin, Roy Eldridge. Roy, besides being one of the top swing men in the country, manages to play more fast trumpet than anybody around. To get an idea of why he got the nickname, "Wild Man," listen to "After You've Gone" (Vocalion...
...mile and a quarter mark, Bill Rowe proved his ability to raise the stroke by raising the beat to a good thirty-eight. The strong fast sprint roughened the crew's form a bit, but not enough to hurt the spacing too noticeably. The sprint was held until the end of the race and as the crew crossed the finish, the sweeps were cutting out a sharp thirty-nine...
Streets of New York (Monogram). Among the studios great & small which turn out small-budget pictures for the nickelodeon trade, little Monogram is a knowing specialist. Its Westerns and other staples, as unpretentious as a stripped jalopy, rattle as steadily to market. Not geared for fast boulevard traffic, they are towed into it occasionally in a double feature, rarely attempt the invasion on their own power...