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Word: poled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Shannon ran a mile in i :34½-a feat more impressive than the world record of 1:34! set by Equipoise at Arlington Park in 1932. In Australia, horses are timed from a standing start, whereas U.S. horses get a five-or six-jump run at the starting pole. The greatest race Shannon ever ran, he lost. That day, he got left at the post by 60 yards and then put on a magnificent charge and barely failed to win in 1:36. Making allowances for his poor start, horsemen estimate that he ran the mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Race That Wasn't | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...events and times scheduled for the traingular track meet are the pole vault and high jump from 1:30 to 2 p.m.; the shot put and broad jump from 2 to 3 p.m.; and from 3 to 4:15 p.m. the 3/4-mile run, the 600-yard run, 40-yard high hurdles, 40-yard dash, 1000-yard run, and the 1 1/2-mile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weight Throwers Seek AAU Record | 12/11/1948 | See Source »

...other events the Crimson shows considerable strength. The dashes are strong with John Spivak, Dave Carter, and Thayer; Bud Lockett and Bill Lawrence are working at the pole vault; Don Trimble, the holder of the University record in the javelin, and Jerry Kanter, will put the shot; George Kumpel, Thayer, and Carter are strong in the broad jump; and John Cogan, Joe Leeming, Dick Welch, Joe Rosen, and Dick White give depth in the distance runs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Runners Prepare for Rhode Island Relays | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

Jazz is the feature at the Savoy, which offers Bob Wilber this week, for those who want to sit at little tables and strain their careerism. Tops in the out-on-the-highway-field are the Totem Pole and the Meadows...

Author: By Jack Spratte, | Title: Weekend Sidelights | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

...large majority for Alfred E. Smith in 1928. Two parties of Harvard "indifference" grew up in that decade. 1924 saw the rise and fall of the Nihilists, a masked and secret society of 50 men who backed Little Codfish Cabot (a dummy at the top of a telephone pole) for President and Joe Dube, "the favorite of Soldiers Field...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: College--G.O.P. Marriage Is Still Going Strong | 10/30/1948 | See Source »

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