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M.I.T. finished second in the event with 383 points, and Yale came in third with 843. Ten to 15 Harvard cars will attend a gymkhana at Babson Institute in Wellesley on Sunday, April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Driver Wins Yale Sport Car Rally | 4/14/1959 | See Source »

...further horrors are desired, a series of tests, known collectively as gymkhana, await those who reach the finish line...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 10/3/1956 | See Source »

...weekend's events will begin with an average-speed rally Saturday morning in which the contestants will try to keep to a specified speed throughout their trip to Gilford. That afternoon a gymkhana, or test of driving skill, will be held. Sunday morning's event will be a hill climb and an additional race will be run in the afternoon. Only the last event is limited to sports cars; the others are open to stock models as well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Car Enthusiasts Club Slates Intercollegiate Race-Rally Weekend | 4/27/1955 | See Source »

...Good Thing We're Going." Angry, bitter and resentful at the Iranian and the British governments both, the last garrison of 322 British technicians left on the British cruiser Mauritius, after a night at the local Gymkhana Club and the Guest House Bar, when they made a manful effort to polish off a three-month supply of whisky in one glorious but decorous gulp. Even Vera ("Hard-Hearted Hannah") Flavell, the penny-pinching proprietress of the Guest House, had proclaimed drinks on the house. By the time the evacuees arrived at the Gymkhana Club once again for customs inspection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Darkness in Abadan | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

...refreshments at the Conant gymkhana included tea, coffee, and punch . . . the latter to give a resemblance to the inaugural of President Leverett in 1707. We asked one of the butlers how the August gathering behaved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 10/10/1933 | See Source »

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