Word: petered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There was, it seemed, plenty to tell. The Sobles, said their lawyer, are "two anguished individuals" manipulated by "the long arm of Russia" and "suffering intensely from experiences they had gone through before they emigrated to this country and since." Jack Soble, also known as Peter, Abram and, in earlier years, Abromas Sobolevicius, arrived in the U.S. in 1941 by way of Japan. He and Myra became U.S. citizens in 1947. Soble worked as a dealer in animal hair and bristles, but behind his façade of respectability, the U.S. charged, he served the Kremlin as a spymaster...
...Peter N. Stearns of Urbana, Illinois, won the Palfrey Exhibition for 1956-7. This prize is awarded to the most distinguished scholar in the senior class who holds a stipendary scholarship...
...first freshman boat, Ron Raynolds is cox; Peter Stinton, bow; Tom Oleson, 2; Chris Bayley, 3; Lincoln Ford, 4; Roy Gosse, 5; Nick Carrera, 6; Mike Christian, 7; and Al Keller, stroke...
...Columbia River regional authority that could coordinate and finance both public and private projects in long-term development. "The hydroelectric power potentialities of the Columbia Basin are less than a third realized," said Major General Walter K. Wilson Jr., Army Engineers deputy chief of construction. Said Association President Peter C. Spowart of publicly owned Seattle City Light: "Private utilities can hardly be expected to support an effort beyond their own power requirements. Only a regionwide, publicly owned agency can absorb these costs...
...other singles, Moffet (M) defeated Peter Keyes (H), 6-2, 6-3; Lake (M) defeated Mike Humphreys (H), 6-2, 6-1; and Howell (M) beat Dave Luke...