Word: outdoor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Said the killer's father, respected Rancher Walter W. Durand of Powell, Wyo.: "The boy seems to have gone insane and started killing men he has known throughout his lifetime. The great outdoors was my son's god. I think when he was sent to jail he went nearly crazy thinking about having to give up his outdoor life. . . . God help...
Skip Stahley, expressing optimism in spite of his squad's luck of outdoor practice, has chosen a tentative lineup, which includes George Hanford at goal; Ralph Livingston, point; Ben Wilcox, coverpoint; Norm Blotner, first defense; Jim Doughty, second defense, Jess Willard, center; Pete Zouck, second attack; Doug Anderson, first attack; Hank Ricckeu, out home; and Captain Phil Hammond at in home...
Last spring Sidney Janis, a Manhattan connoisseur, was strolling through the annual outdoor exhibition of artists on Washington Square. Primitive most of the pictures were, but truly Primitive were those of an unknown named William Doriani. Last week, amid sophisticated hosannas on 57th Street, the works of Tenor Doriani painted in fresh color patterns with flattened childish figures, were exhibited at the Marie Harriman Gallery as pure naïve paintings in a class with those of the late Pittsburgh House Painter John Kane...
...competition elsewhere. Last March, to find out just how much faster Dartmouth's track was than those in other sports arenas, he invited the great Glenn Cunningham to race over it. No official world record could be hung up, because the International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes only outdoor performances. Cunningham amazed everybody with a 4:04.4 mile, the fastest ever run by man, two seconds under British Sydney Charles Wooderson's world record. Unsure of the track, Cunningham ran his second quarter in a slow 64 seconds; later he figured he could have run the distance safely...
...general the authors' interests are in water-sports, dancing, and "that grand outdoor exercise, riding in a car," as one girl phrased it. All letters ended with a plea to "write soon," and one said, "After all, what's wrong with a little getting acquainted...