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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...same mistake he made two summers ago in Vancouver, B.C., when he lost the British Empire Games' Miracle Mile to Dr. Roger Bannister. He looked back over his shoulder. Bailey shot past on the outside, picked up a yard lead, and hung on to it till the finish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Man with a Mission | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

...loss, Harvard's third in EIBL play this year, puts the Crimson all but mathematically out of contention for the league title. Barring a successon of minor miracles, the varsity will have to be content with, at best, a finish in the first division...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green Edges Crimson Nine, 7-6; Varsity Out of EIBL Contention | 5/10/1956 | See Source »

...second freshman boat and two shells from Andover Academy sank ignobly to the bottom of the choppy Charles yesterday as a result of 40 mph gusts which sprang up after the finish of their race. Only the winning number one boat managed to stay afloat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Shells sink in River | 5/10/1956 | See Source »

...Milton Krop was not the brightest penny that ever came out of the gutter, but for once in his life he thought fast: with that heart of his, he could hardly last more than two years, but he was still young enough to have a little fun before the finish. Fun costs money. Well, the girl would have money, bales of it, as soon as the estate was settled. He looked her over. "Hair skinned back, big nose. Skin color like a mushroom . . . nothing clothes." He thought: "What have I got to lose? I'm an accessory to innocence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How Awful It Is to Be Milt | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

...young debonair who is stepping out for a summer's evening should check up on his checks. Check-mating the fashion scene is a wave of box-like designs. In checks with plaids, the flannel-finish jacket of extremely light weight, two-or three-button model, is being worn with slacks of tropical worsted, cut along very trim lines...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: When the Living Is Easy | 5/4/1956 | See Source »

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