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Word: miles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After a weak showing in the K. of C. meet on Jan. 17, the Crimson turned in an other inauspicious performance last Saturday at the Millrose Games in New York. The mile relay quartet was again whipped by Yale, as the Elis broke the tape in a sensational...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team to Face Dartmouth; Key Injuries May Hurt Chances | 2/6/1959 | See Source »

...mile Atlas will be in the field and operational by July 1959, at least as soon as the Russian counterpart is ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Gap Flap | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...used to cover his ears as the loudspeaker announced the jump he was about to attempt. When he broke his own record in the Knights of Columbus meet in Boston (where he first ran the hurdles -"It loosens me up"), Thomas did it during the climax of the big mile race. With all eyes on Miler Ron Delany, Thomas quietly soared to unmatched heights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boy in Space | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...Switzerland, Bud Werner, 22, of Steamboat Springs, Colo., swept the international men's downhill at Lenzerheide, after winning the previous week's downhill race at Kitzbuhel. Despite driving winds on the tricky 2.4-mile slope, Werner tore downhill in 2 min. 22.7 sec. to break the course record by 24 seconds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fast Americans | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...Gervais, France, Penny Pitou of Gilford, N.H., competing against some of Europe's leading women skiers, scored an eighth in the slalom, then barreled down the 1.6-mile slope through a thick fog to win the downhill race in 2 min. 6.34 sec. -two full seconds faster than her nearest rival, and enough to give her first place in the overall combined scoring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fast Americans | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

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