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Word: fasts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...crowd of 12,000 will watch two of the bests quarterbacks in the Northeast this afternoon when the Crimson football team tries to gain its second straight victory of the season against a tough, fast, and underrated Bucknell eleven. Despite a convincing 36-22 win over the University of Massachusetts last Saturday, the favored varsity, led by Charlie Ravenel, will have a difficult job stopping the Bison pilot Paul Terhes, who last year compiled 898 yards passing...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Crimson Eleven Meets Bucknell In Bid for Second Non-Ivy Win | 10/3/1959 | See Source »

Benjamin's second mile was three seconds faster than his first. Again, this race demonstrated his remarkable development in a short period of time. Until the Army meet on April 18, he had never run a mile as fast as his 4:26 second leg at Santry. And his time for the race was nearly 13 seconds faster than his best previous effort. It will be a long time before a runner with Benjamin's dogged determination and competitive pride wears a Crimson uniform...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Touring Harvard-Yale Track Team Takes Oxford-Cambridge Classic | 10/2/1959 | See Source »

...that the French hierarchy, traditionally jealous of its independence from Rome, was disgruntled by the sharpness of the Vatican's order. "Rome could tell us to stand on our heads and of course we would," said one church official in Paris, "but even upside down we would hold fast to our own view on what is at stake here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: End of the Worker-Priests | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

Oakland is sure to have plenty of takers. M.S.U. is growing so fast that enrollment will double to 44,000 students by 1970, and the new college expects to have at least 10,000 of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Invitation to Living | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

...finals Coe started fast, drilling birdies on the first three holes, led two up after the morning round of 18 holes. But in the afternoon Coe began to wilt. He sent seven of nine tee shots into the rough, set six geese to frantic squawking by nearly dropping a ball into their pond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Battle on the Greens | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

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