Search Details

Word: poled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...meet progressed, the Crimson steel proved true as Dan Sullivan broke a three-way tie for first place in the high-jump by winning on fewer misses, and mountain-climber Geoff Stiles left his Princeton Sherpa guides behind with a 14-ft.,-6-in. ascent in the pole vault...

Author: By Michael Kendall, | Title: Crimson Trackmen Upset Tigers | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

Arnason, a native of Grand Forks, N.D., said he has been running up to 75 miles a week to prepare for today. A pole-vaulter who discovered the Boston Marathon his freshman year, Arnason went back West to qualify--at the Paavo Nurmi Marathon last August (his time: 2:57). Like Kraus, Arnason wants to bring his time down about ten minutes or so, into...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders and Michael Kendall, S | Title: Runners Come East to Marathon Mecca | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

...savagely attacked the mother all the children rallied around her, trying their best to protect her. As she was returning home from school one day, her attention was drawn to the sound of an odd gait. She looked up. Approaching her was an old man bearing a shoulder pole with two men's heads, one dangling from each end, still dripping blood. [Evidently they had been executed by decapitation, a common practice in warlord-dominated China.] Stunned, she turned away blindly, ran home, threw her books on the floor and collapsed in bed, where she sank into a high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Comrade Chiang Ch'ing Tells Her Story | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

...captain Todd Hooks high-stepped to a third-place in the 60-yd. hurdles, Dan Sullivan flopped for fourth in the high jump, and Geoff Stiles grabbed a third in the pole vault for Harvard's remaining points...

Author: By Carl A. Esterhay, | Title: Harvard Helpless at Heps | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

Beaulieu admitted last week that although he has received many calls from baseball coach Loyal Park asking him if he would want to be the left field foul pole this season, he said, "I haven't really committed myself...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: So You Wanted Controversy? | 2/23/1977 | See Source »

Previous | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | Next