Word: poled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other Yale winners were Bill Donegan and Harry Work, a tie in the pole vault; Ross Price in the 600; Mike Stanley in the 1000; and John Meader in the mile...
...Elis scored heavily in the weights, pole vault, middle distances, and mile run. Steward Thompson, a massive weight thrower and shot putter, took both events for Yale with heaves of 53 feet 3 1/4 inches and 50 feet 4 1/4 inches respectively...
...jailed and massacred 167 suspected revolutionaries-then panicked and fled for asylum to the French legation. A raging mob broke into the building, found Sam hiding under a bed, dragged him out, literally tore him limb from limb, and paraded through Port-au-Prince with his head on a pole. Haiti's history had hit bottom. Admiral Caperton, waiting in the harbor, immediately landed two companies of marines and three of bluejackets, and the U.S. occupation began...
...best pole vaulter on the team was Kip Smith before he injured himself, but he is expected to be back in action shortly. Don Richards has also been doing a good job on the high...
...they are asked to check turns out to be mere rumor. There was the time, for example, when British-born David Cole, our part-time correspondent in Northern Rhodesia, received a query from New York and replied: "There, old chap. I think you're a bit up the pole. Absolutely no truth in your notion, and I've been having a hearty laugh ever since at the very idea...