Word: haven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cahills started building a $14,000 house. Their only nonessential purchases were a cocker spaniel for the kids and a new coat-her first in three years-for Mrs. Cahill. The remaining $20,000 was the Cahills' money to live on during his three years at New Haven State Teachers College, where he is studying to become a high-school mathematics instructor. "We didn't have a ball," said Cahill. "We didn't even buy a television...
...June day in 1953 Ray Cahill, a $75-a-week brakeman for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, was sent out to flag traffic along a stretch of track that runs down the middle of busy U.S. Route 1 in New Haven, Conn. Out of the traffic line lurched a truck. It pinned Brakeman Cahill against a railroad car, crushing his back. At that moment began a legal trail that twisted and turned until, last week, it became a national issue...
Contending that the railroad had not given him proper instructions before it sent him out to do hazardous work (he had been with the road only three months), Cahill sued the New Haven for damages. His case dragged through the courts while he and his family (he has a wife and three children) went on relief. Finally, last November, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-1 in Cahill's favor; in January the court unanimously turned down the railroad's plea for a rehearing. In the face of what clearly appeared to be a final decision, the railroad...
Following their previous pattern, the slightly-favored heptagonal champions capitalized on unexpected clutch performances, mopped up in their strong events, and sent Eli coach Bog Giegengack back to New Haven to plot only revenge for the third straight year...
...where debates had been held since 1887. The first debate in which no decisions were rendered, had three speakers without a rebuttal. After three years Princeton was added as a regular opponent, and finally, in 1909, the formal Triangulars were set up. Providing for simultaneous debates in Cambridge, New Haven, and Princeton, the Triangulars have been held annually since then, despite two wars and Harvard's break in athletic relations with Princeton in the 20s. In the Triangular, dominance has come in cycles, with Harvard winning more than its share. This year's team, which defeated Princeton but lost...