Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Phelps suddenly heard a sound across the water like "dynamite going off." They flipped the wheelhouse searchlight on, saw, 800 ft. off the tug's bow, the shattered hulk of Flagship New York settling crazily into 20 ft. of water a mile short of the runway's green threshold lights. The tug cut loose two barges it was towing, churned towards the twisted wreckage, flashed a call for help to the Coast Guard. Nickerson gave the eight-man crew one order: "Forget the bodies. Haul in the live ones...
Over Conakry, a city of sleepy charm with its thick-walled, whitewashed houses, its cool green mango trees, its shops and bars that bear the stamp of France (Le Royal St. Germain, A la Chope Bar, Chez Maitre Diop), an air of harassed improvisation fell. For lack of help, ministers had to do the secretarial work while visitors clogged their waiting rooms. Telephones did not work, clerks scuttered about looking for the only copy of the diplomatic list. Messages were sent in to the Minister of Health while he was performing surgical operations...
...second half was fairly even, although the Indians maintained their power throughout. After five minutes, the margin was still 14 points. After Harrington began to toss in long set shots, the Green showed why it has won 11 straight games--and leads the league with an 8-0 mark--by increasing the lead this time to 21 points, at the 14-minute mark...
...Lodge. The treasurer of the sophomore class, Darwin S. Labarthe, was among the first to take the step; his presence, and that of other men whose success at Bicker was more or less assured, made the Lodge much more than a dumping ground for club rejects (for people with "green skin and three heads," as Labarthe put it). This spontaneous action of about forty sophomores had made the alternative a real and attractive...
...obvious advantages of the Green--greater height, better team speed, and deeper reserves--do not preclude the possibility of an upset. In both its games this weekend, the varsity showed the hustle that has characterized its play throughout most of the current season, and with a few breaks could well have beaten the superior Cornell team it met on Saturday...