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Word: hiker (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lest valuable time be expended in raising such embarrassing questions as "Academic freedom?" or "How would this be enforced?," it should be quickly remarked that there is little to worry about on this issue. This legislative hitch-hiker will not be entered on the statute books at this session of Congress. The rider in question, it seems, is attached to the bill to raise subsistence payments for student-veterans. The chairman of the Rules Committee predicts it will not even reach the floor for a vote at this time. Why should it? Have not the concerned congressmen salved their consciences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What's Next? | 7/3/1947 | See Source »

...Another famed Sears athlete is Fred's hearty daughter Eleonora, former women's squash rackets champion, hiker (Providence to Boston in 9 hr. 53 min.), polo player, horse-show jumper, six times co-winner of the Women's National Doubles championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tilden's Predecessor | 4/19/1943 | See Source »

...rugged hiker, skier, bicyclist or canoeist, or if you just like a weekend change of scenery the HOC hopes to be able to offer a program suited to your taste. As an added attraction for lazy undergraduates, some of the Outing Club's excursions offer athletic credit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Outing Club to Start Fall Program Tonight | 10/8/1942 | See Source »

...nothing had Newsman Phillips spent five days watching Nazi soldiers strut about a prison compound. He noticed the hiker's walk, turned his car around, halted, asked for the man's identification card. Said the fair-haired stranger in a heavy German accent: "I am on my way to Ottawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Newsman's Break | 9/16/1940 | See Source »

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