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Word: featly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Neither the result of the meet nor any of the individual races were close. Out standing personal feat of the afternoon was Bob Mello's pole vault of 12 feet, 6 inches. It was the first time that Mello, who sprained his ankle badly before 2 inches. The Harvard records, however...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Six Clips Williams, 21-4; Runners Rip Tech, 87-22 | 1/15/1951 | See Source »

...will set one off in the heart of midday London. The discovery that Professor Willingdon (Barry Jones) is indeed missing from his government laboratory- along with a potent U.K. 12 that could fit into his small satchel-touches off a major crisis in London and a major moviemaking feat by Britain's young (37) producing-directing twins, Roy and John (The Guinea Pig) Boulting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 25, 1950 | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

...Retrospect. So far, only the New York Giants have been able to stop Graham, Motley & Co., and the Giants have done it twice, 6-0 and 17-13. Fundamentally, Giant Coach Steve Owen managed this feat by getting his linemen to charge the Browns so furiously that it kept the timing of the Browns' offense off balance. Such tactics had the desired effect, but proved costly in retrospect. The Giants themselves were so bruised that four players had to be sent to the hospital, and right after the victories over Cleveland they dropped two out of three games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big-League Browns | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

...resigned from the head coaching position in 1916 his teams had given up a total of 19 points to Yale opponents, while scoring 119 themselves. Haughton's great achievement, the winning of the Big three title for four straight years, 1912-15, was never challenged until Princeton duplicated the feat this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard-Yale Grid Contests Feature Upsets, Stars in 75 Year History | 11/25/1950 | See Source »

...Washington Bureau Chief Arthur Krock, charging that Smith had waylaid the query and written a similar story. Krock fired a protest to U.P.'s Washington Chief Lyle C. Wilson. Smith stoutly denied he had taken-or even seen-the Leviero wire. As for that episode at Wake, his feat there was simply in the great tradition of enterprising journalism. Reporter Smith clucked his tongue and sadly observed: "I was trying to get the communiqué out first in Wake and I did. I know they are awful mad at me at the White House and in the press room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Storm over Wake | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

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