Word: holing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bureaucracy under which Russian oilmen are forced to work is so top-heavy, writes Smirnov, that Russians guardedly refer to it as "one with a plow and seven with spoons." Bringing in a dry hole is a criminal offense punishable by banishment to Siberia. On geological expeditions, food is always so short that to feed a field party of 25 a manager is forced to "add another 25 'dead souls' to his roster, thus getting food for 50 men, which is barely enough to feed his crew...
Sorcerer & Apprentice. There is no precedent for failure in Charles Erwin Wilson's career. Born in Minerva, Ohio, where his father, Thomas Wilson, was principal of the local public school, Erwin Wilson (as his friends called him) had a traditional boyhood: the swimming hole, a pony, stolen rides on railroad handcars, improvised shows in a neighbor's barn (with Erwin Wilson as the magician). The Wilson family moved to Pittsburgh in 1904. At Pittsburgh's Bellevue High and later at Carnegie Tech, Erwin was a fair to middling athlete (basketball and football), and a bright and dogged...
Fehr downed Cooney in the EIC tourney, held this year at Princeton's Spring date Country Club, but this time by only a 1-up score on the 19th hole. The Crimson team finished in a tie for fifth this season, after leading at the halfway mark, no mean showing, since most other Ivy League schools participate. Fehr led Yale to victory in the tournament...
...Colleges is the only Ivy League school without a course of its own, or an affiliation with nearby links. Brown, for example, has three courses close to its campus for student use. Dartmouth has two-an 18-and a nine-hole layout. Yale and Princeton each have affiliated courses adjoining their campuses...
Crimson medalist Jack Brophy was the only varsity winner as he shot a 70 to defeat Jack Wislar one up on the 19th hole. Captain Dave Hedberg was edged by Eli Jim Holding. Hockey star Wally Kilrea stopped the varsity's Pete Malkin, 4and 3, and Yale's Arnold Lipman topped sophomore Jim Jones, three and one. In number seven spot Doug Boyd lost to Doug Stevens...