Word: feet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...than mites on a slab of old store cheese. The Bronx election was a special case, of course; but it was, nevertheless, a resounding Democratic defeat. The fact was that the Democrats had fallen on their faces when they had every reason, and every precedent, for staying on their feet. They had tripped, almost absentmindedly, over Henry Wallace's highly emotional appeal to the very poor, the huddled minorities, and the tightly knit Communists...
...have to contend with men like Joe Cianciabella, last winter's winner, Ira Kaplan, and Homer Gillis. He may pick up a couple of points if he gets a break off the mark. Don Trimble may squeeze in for a fifth-place point in the shot. He hit 47 feet, 11 1/2 inches at New Haven this week. Lawrence and Lockett could score in the vault...
Pole vault Three-way tie among Bensley, (Y), Eustis, (Y), and Lockett, (H), 13 feet 6 inches...
Broad jump--Won by Bundy, (Y) (21 feet 9 7/8 inches); second, Grimes. (Y) 21 feet 8 1/4 inches); second, Thayer (H) (21 feet 1 3/4 inches...
High jump--Won by Scurlock. (V) (5 feet 10 7/8 inches); second, Harrigan, (H) (5 feet 9 7/8 inches); third, tie between Hartley. (Y), and Underwood, (Y) (5 feet 7 3/4 inches...