Word: lightest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ohio politico was prepared for what the "listless" voters did at the polls. Republicans gained eight seats in the House, the biggest turnover in any State; handsome, grey-thatched Republican Governor John W. Bricker won by 375,000, the biggest majority ever given an Ohio governor. It was the lightest vote since the early '20s, but it was not the Republicans who stayed away. The G.O.P. had gained in previous off years, but never this much...
While cries of patriotism were rising to a new crescendo and Dorothy Lamour was in our midst selling War Bonds for victory, the primary elections were considered unimportant. Yesterday's vote was the lightest in recent history. The success of the Bond sales was excellent, but a larger turnout at the polls would have been equally encouraging. For the handling and the management of money that people so willingly contribute to the nation through taxes and bonds is more important than the general reaction shows...
...Crimson, fifteen pounds a man shy of the Badgers, are the next heaviest crew, but the Varsity average has dropped about three pounds since the Rowe Cup. Johny Richardson at 168 is the lightest, and Captain Ted Lyman at 190 the heaviest...
...troops on Luzon, thousands more on Mindanao 600 miles to the south. Some of his soldiers were veterans. Some were youngsters from 15 to 18. They were ill-clothed, lightly armed with .25-caliber rifles and submachine guns. But the lightness of their ammunition (U.S.'s lightest: .30-caliber) enabled them to carry more rounds...
...lightest Harvard starters today are both Sophomores. Jim Reidy will meet Tech's Bob Gillooly in the 121 pound class; while 128 pounder Ed Guild faces Bill Clark. In the 136 class, Senior Harry Blaine tackles Dick Grant of Tech; and Sophomore Ken Heyman faces Captain Bob Fottes in the 145 pound scrap...