Word: gymkhanas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...industry insider that they preferred Tata over rival bids from private equity firms because Tata understands the heritage of Jag and the motoring culture that produced it. "Buying this kind of thing builds a kind of permanent bridge between us," says Lt. Gen. M.R. Kochhar, president of the Delhi Gymkhana Club, a repository of colonial-era rules and British class-system etiquette in the heart of the Indian capital. "Both of us love the products, or at least the history of the products...
They take their football seriously in India's southern state of Goa?and last week that led to two of the unlikeliest results in sporting history. Going into the final round of matches in the state's second division, the two top teams, Curtorim Gymkhana and Wilfred Leisure, were tied for first place on points, with only goal difference separating them. At stake: promotion to the first division. Wilfred needed to score seven more goals in their game than Curtorim, who were playing simultaneously in a different location. By halftime that lofty target was within reach. Wilfred led Dona Paula...
...Western Reserve (235 boys), Colorado's Fountain Valley, California's Cote, which puts on classical drama in the original languages. California's Thacher shuns football but requires every boy to own and operate his own horse for two years. Top event there is a gymkhana featuring orange-spearing at full gallop. Equally important now: a summer program in math and astronautics. One smart crew of Thacher satellite trackers recently exposed an error in Russian data...
...pocket-sized Soviet hero, on the reviewing stand with Castro, who towers over him. There, below, were the cheering masses, the enormous pictures of Lenin and Khrushchev. The expected display of half a dozen Soviet MIG-17 jets thundered overhead on schedule. There was even a seven-hour gymkhana in Civic Square by 70,000 massed "athletes...
...gymkhana sponsored by the MIT Sports Car Club, Phil Bradley took the touring class in his Fiat 1100, and Grey Jones placed a close second in the small sports class with his MGA 1600. His time was the second fastest...