Word: hille
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...because it tacitly carried with it a good chance for the nomination for the full term next year. For such a prime political plum, Tom Heflin, weary of the smaller jobs he had been given since his defeat in 1930, entered the race this autumn against Chairman J. Lister Hill of the House Military Affairs Committee...
Four important highways join at Teruel (see map). Down the one from Sagunto and Valencia through Puebla de Valverde the Leftist offensive drove to capture Mansueto Hill, most important height above the city. Upon the tough rock of the city itself, the Leftists converged, one wing sweeping round Villastar and Campillo to half way between Concud and Caudete, another wing reaching Sierra Palomera at the height of its drive, off TIME'S map and 18 miles away...
Down the Saragossa highway the Rightist counterattack drove through drifts of snow to recapture Concud, win La Muela, another strategic hill not quite so important as Mansueto, and reach the gates of the city itself by Saturday night. At this point, exuberants in Salamanca were proclaiming a complete Rightist victory, publishing detailed descriptions of the relief of the garrison who had doggedly fought for their lives in the Cathedral, the Seminary and the Civil Government Building. Actually the Rightist wave broke at the city gates. Generalissimo Franco, following Leftist tactics in reverse, sent another column cross-country to retake Campillo...
Coach Clark Hodder's Freshman sextet invades Belmont Hill tomorrow afternoon in an attempt to repeat its 5 to 1 win over the schoolboys in December...
...previous events William Hinton '41, David Emerson, and Peter T. Brooks '38 were prominent. Emerson gained sixth in the down hill race, as well as seventh in the cross-country run. Hinton was ninth in the down hill, eleventh in cross-country, and eighth in the slalom. Brooks won sixth in the slalom