Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Alcock hurled the hammer 138 feet, 8 3-4 inches to take fourth in the hammer throw. First and third places in this event went to Cornell, and second to the University of Pittsburgh...
...supposed that the reading public, long-suffering as it is, could have stomached a daily blurb as to the progress of the caravan. This, too, is as the A B C to Mr. Pyle. But only wait until the final sprint breaks loose somewhere in the vicinity of Pittsburgh, and the handful of hardy soles left cuts loose. Then will come the deluge, Syndicated throughout the length and breadth of the land will be feature stories on the great race. They will not run on back pages; they will be real news. And in the last few weeks...
...group play each other for the right to play the leading team for the group championship. There are two groups, American and International. The Montreal Maroons beat the Canadiens for the championship in the International group and in the American group the Rangers inspired suddenly to justify predictions, beat Pittsburgh and then Boston...
Francis John McConnell, Methodist Episcopal Bishop of Pittsburgh, stated a postulate that would surprise and shock all sturdy U. S. Fundamentalists: "I come from a Nation which is in some respects pagan. We subscribe to the doctrine of militarism and to the god of materialism, and we have given ourselves over to the pursuit of wealth. We should not be complacent regarding paganism. . . . Let this meeting become a challenge...