Word: final
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...just system," and attacked U.S.-style capitalism as immoral because, so he said, the few become rich by the labors of the many, "counter to men's conscience." But Nikita Khrushchev's farewell address, like his farewell press conference and his approach to the U.S. in the final days, was free of bombast and bluster, and characterized by a roughhewn folksiness. Said he: "I am glad of this opportunity to speak to you before my departure. We liked your beautiful cities and wonderful roads, but most of all your amiable and kindhearted people...
...standouts of the game--but in a losing cause--was the Navy's Dick Jones, a small and evasive back. Midway in the final period Jones was in punt formation, faked a kick, and shot off down the field, dodging would-be tacklers, to score a 60-yard tally...
...Harvard-Yale track team's mission in England hanging upon what he and three other runners did in the next 40-odd seconds. As it turned out, the four determined sprinters--Landau and Frank Yeomans of Harvard and Jay Luck and Jim Carney of Yale--won the final relay and gave the Americans a thrilling 8-7 victory over the combined forces of Oxford and Cambridge...
Running second against Rex Van Rossum of Oxford, Yeomans really turned it on and gave the baton to Luck with a six-yard margin. Luck and Carney added two yards to the final eight-yard edge. The time, a meet record...
...Yale) isn't training" gradually turned into even more bitter remarks such as "Of course we want to win, but we want the first places to be Yale (or Harvard) first places." This bickering continued right up to the day of the meet, but by the time the final relay was run off, the honor of America had overshadowed all other concerns...