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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...start of the last heat of the afternoon, Winthrop's stroke "Dunc" McCollester broke his oar in a fit of youthful exhuberance, delaying the race till the late supper hour. It proved to be an ill omen for hapless Dudley's octet, which chopped its way past the white flag roughly a minute after Winthrop...

Author: By David G. Braaten, | Title: Indians Conquer Varsity Nine, 9-6; Eliot, Adams, Puritan Eights Win | 5/5/1948 | See Source »

...naval officer he requested combat duty, got it as flag secretary to Admiral William Halsey, who called him "a great naval officer." He saw plenty of action, went without sleep for 70 hours evacuating U.S. prisoners from Japan after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: WHO'S WHO IN THE GOP: STASSEN | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...sixth and final try, the 21-year-old Sophomore from Philadelphia threw the javelin 212 feet, 5 3/4 inches--3 feet, 11 1/4 inches beyond the red flag marking the old record...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Crew Breaks Record at Princeton; Track Team Crushes H.C. and B.U. | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...teams were recruited from graduate, undergraduate, and ski club members of the two colleges. Indian Brooks Dodge beat it to the flag in 52.2 seconds with Erling Lorentzen, Norwegian exchange student from the Business School, taking a close second for the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Skiers Win | 4/21/1948 | See Source »

Bombs & Machetes. In the fire-blackened three days that followed, conference delegates escaped injury. The Mexicans walked out of the Capitolio in the first hour of the uprising, carrying their tricolor flag. Secretary of State George Marshall, at his suburban residence, was safe but marooned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Upheaval | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

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