Word: meter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Parking Place. In Portland, Ore., a drunk, draped over a parking meter, was removed by police, protested: "I put in my nickel; I got 20 minutes more...
Divorced. Lord Burghley, 41, sports-loving heir to the Marquess of Exeter, winner of the 400-meter hurdles at the 1928 Olympics, who went out to Bermuda to become its youngest governor (1943-45); by Lady Mary Theresa Burghley, 42, sister of the Duchess of Gloucester; after 17 years of marriage, three children; in London...
...Balinese thinks of his music as purely functional, and never considers expressing an emotion. Only occasionally is there a suggestion of Western influence, as in the case of Durus, Colin McPhee's native 17-year-old houseboy. Durus composed and sang a song in the perfect ancient Javanese meter. His words...
Jimmy McLane will turn 16 next month. Already he is the nation's speediest distance swimmer. Last week in San Diego, 145-lb. Jimmy, a Phillips Andover schoolboy from Akron, won the National A.A.U. outdoor 400, 800 and 1,500-meter free-style events. His 19:23.1 time in the 1,500 set a meet record. Said Yale Coach Bob Kiphuth, who hopes that Jimmy will eventually be on his team: "He's just beginning to mature...
...Sakamoto is pointing for the 1948 Olympics. Among the members of his postwar club, again a strong contender for the A.A.U. outdoor meet in San Diego next month, are: ex-Navy man Smith, who last week beat Johnny Weismuller's U.S. 100-meter long course record with a 57.7; Ralph Wright, ex-marine who bettered the Olympic 200-meter long course breast stroke mark with a 2:42.3; and Harry Holiday, ex-Michigan star, who beat the U.S. 300-meter individual medley record with...