Word: poling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...broke apart, flapped up, stood on edge, ground into each other, crashed and thundered. Most of the 300 citizens (mostly Indians) of Nenana, Alaska, made for the river, to watch a fragile candy-striped tripod anchored in the ice. There was $125,000 riding on that little pole, in bets from soldiers and sourdoughs all over Alaska...
Harvard's chances of placing higher were hindered by the lack of hurdlers, pole vaulters, discus throwers, and shot putters...
...older of the two Winthrop buildings, will be filled up before Standish is used. All of Winthrop House is being renovated and for that reason not all of the pre-radar men will be put is now. Alteration plans call for a public address system and a flag pole...
...type of mentality which has been attracted to Quisling in Occupied Norway. . . . The rubbery highflying fantasy of the tale ... is reminiscent of another "classic" in the history of Norwegian letters. I refer to the "novel" that came from the pen of Charles Hoff, onetime world champion pole vaulter, shortly after he returned to Norway after his escapades in America. Hoff's story ended with an earthquake destroying Manhattan, and with the poor but honest hero marrying the multimillionaire's daughter. Yes, you guessed it. Hoff is also one of Quisling's few henchmen today...
...last saw the Great Hoff in the winter and spring of 1925-26, when he broke the world's indoor pole vault record 15 times...