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Word: holderness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Illness prevented world record-holder John Marshall from swimming the event. He will probably swim the 440-yard freestyle tomorrow night...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Crimson Hopes for Second in Meet | 3/20/1953 | See Source »

Dunster's ace line of Pete Fry, Jim Holder, and Pat Conway produced two Rinehart goals, and Eliot's scoring combination of Jim Colt, Hank Romaine, and Terry King knocked in two more. Wingman Ted Coney of Winthrop scored the fifth Rinehart goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rineharts Outplay Wintergreens In All-Star Hockey Contest, 5 to 2 | 3/18/1953 | See Source »

...trying to keep balance (and lost form points); others misjudged their take-off timing (and lost distance points). Some of the best of them came croppers: Norwegian-born Art Tokle took a bad fall on his second jump, wound up eleventh; Denver University's Billy Olson, co-holder of the hill record (297 ft.), also spilled out of the running. The crowd saved its biggest cheers for U.S. Olympian Art Devlin-and Riisnaes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Soaring on Skis | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

Cuyler said graduates with A.B.'s would be given training with the company comparable to Business School training. He stated, however, that the company would "put the M.B.A. holder in a position where it could use his training more quickly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Finance Industry Needs Graduates, Businessmen Say | 2/25/1953 | See Source »

Going into the last lap, Mal Whitfield had only one man ahead of him: Jamaica's Herb McKenley, world-record holder at 440 yds. Shortening his 8-ft. stride to fast-stepping six-footers, Whitfield visibly pulled himself together for the final burst. He passed McKenley "big," whirled into the final turn in front, breasted the red-yarn tape alone as the Madison Square Garden crowd of 12,364 rose to its feet and roared approval. The crowd roared again when the time was announced: 0.56.6, a new indoor record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Champion with a Plan | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

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