Word: offs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Without question, Roger Bannister was Britain's best foot forward in spiked shoes since the great Sydney Wooderson. Another Oxford lad, Nick Stacey, ran off with the 100-and 220-yd. dashes and Teammate Philip Morgan took the twomile. But in the hurdles and field events, where professional coaching...
-To protect the identity of tipsters, the Sun-Times told them to "sign" their letters with six-digit numbers and tear off a jagged corner of the page; when a murderer is convicted, the newspaper will print the "winning" number and the tipster can present the missing piece of paper...
He is still somewhat breathless about the possibilities. His shielding system was used, and is still being used, on innumerable airplanes, tanks and other radio-equipped vehicles. After winning his suit against the hard-to-sue Government, Crook thinks it will be easy to knock off airplane manufacturers and other...
This week, the as-yet-unsponsored Black Robe goes on the TV screen for the fifth time, and Lord-satisfied with its format-has turned it over to ex-Movie Director Ed Sutherland, who will run it for NBC. Heading north to his 3,000-acre island off Mt. Desert...
But last week Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan suddenly changed the rules-and drove the shorts to buying to cover their contracts. Brannan had been begging Congress to give him the power to buy or build additional storage facilities. When Congress finally passed such a bill last week, Brannan...