Word: goals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Organization; at least 30,000 will be immigrants paying their own way. By last month 9,000 had arrived; last week the S.S. Santa Cruz brought 1,200 more; this week the U.S. Army's S.S. General S. D. Sturgis will dock with 850. Next year's goal is 100,000; within five to ten years, predicts Julio Grooscors, head of Venezuela's Institute of Immigration & Colonization, the country's population will double...
Guest Appearance. Nine-goal Winston Guest,* who once helped U.S.-Mexican relations by playing in exhibition matches against Mexico's national polo team, made his 22nd postwar trip to Mexico-this time as president of its first transatlantic airline-Aerovias Guest, S.A. With capital supplied by Guest and his U.S. and Mexican friends, the line has bought one Constellation, hopes to buy two more. Aerovias Guest plans to fly passengers between Mexico City, Lisbon and Madrid (eventually also to Paris and London), via Miami, Bermuda and the Azores...
...November 1939: "Russia is at present not dangerous. It is weakened by many factors today. Moreover, we have a pact with Russia. Pacts, however, are only held as long as they serve the purpose. . . . Let one think of the pact to assure our back. Now Russia has far-reaching goals; above all, the strengthening of her position in the Baltic. We can oppose Russia only when we are free in the West. [France had not then been overrun, and Hitler was still thinking of trying to cross the Channel.] Further, Russia is striving to increase her influence on the Balkans...
...fever pitch, an underdog Boston University squad will pose the first crucial test of the season for the Crimson eleven at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon in Harvard Stadium. In the three previous clashes between the two universities, Harvard has never been defeated, or even had its goal-line crossed. The Crimson downed the Terriers 10 to 0 in 1921, 13 to 0 in 1924, and 60 to 0 in a 1945 war-time encounter...
With triple-threat back Jim Kenary--passing, running, and field-goal kicking--consistently in the A team line-up at quarterback. Ken O'Donnell has been shifted to wingback as insurance for Chip Gannon...