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Word: hurdler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...difficult to single out any member of the K of C group (or of the entire squad, for that matter) for special attention. They are all supplying Jaakko with the maximum amount of effort. Yet, if there is a white-haired boy, hurdler Wes Flint fits the label as well as anybody else...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Flint to Pace Track Squad In K. of C. Games Saturday | 1/22/1947 | See Source »

Less glamorized than the Varsity's top hurdler, but posing a more dangerous scoring threat for the K of C meet, is the pole vaulting trio of Pete Harwood, Bill Lawrence, and Owen Torrey. In view of their 1-2-3 sweep of the Harvard-Tufts-Northeastern test, they may easily do some damage Saturday night. They are all capable of 12 1-2 feet and over...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Flint to Pace Track Squad In K. of C. Games Saturday | 1/22/1947 | See Source »

Mikkola will have back a number of veterans from the recent winter season, though, led by Bob Clark in the dashes, Jack Defries and Vin Moriarty in the half. Chuck Steinbauer in the 440, and Pete Harwood in the vault. Hurdler Marvin Jenkins is expected to head the list of newcomers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Initial Track Drills Called by Jaako | 3/6/1945 | See Source »

Another attitude was taken by East High School's Chuck Newton, student council president and high hurdler. Newton and friends read the riot act to students who used the black market and pooled gas illegally. Some students promised to stop. But Newton's task was anything but easy. Said Chuck: "A lot of parents are sore at us for getting the kids to stop doing what parents do all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Denver School Days | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

Lord Burghley (rhymes with Pat Hurley), new Governor of Bermuda, ex-Olympic hurdler, got a free auto-the one the colony had bought for Governor Viscount Knollys (rhymes with Chester Bowles). The outgoing Governor, given permission by the Assembly to drive after two wartime, autoless years, had resigned before the little car arrived from England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Shapes | 12/20/1943 | See Source »

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