Word: poole
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Scotland took the hint. From Edinburgh the Scotch Whisky Association dispatched twelve bottles of "genuine Scotch whisky" to Representative Boothby. Dublin's Irish whisky distillers sent two cases of its finest to Representative Boland. Asked to preside over the High Authority of a European Whisky Pool, Boothby eagerly accepted. There will be further (informal) deliberations just as soon as the stuff arrives in Strasbourg...
...Europe, finally the European Defense Community (not yet ratified by the parliaments of the member nations). Last week brought another hopeful attempt, this time by the Schuman Plan countries (France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, West Germany). The Schuman Plan's chief purpose is economic, i.e., to pool coal & steel resources, and to carry out this aim, the members have set up a High Authority (a kind of executive office), a Council of Ministers (a kind of cabinet) and an Assembly (a kind of parliament). In Strasbourg last week, the Assembly met for the first time and forthwith decided...
...been taken from college cloisters to serve with the armed forces, this is no insurance that this condition will obtain in the coming four years. Selective Service Director Louis B. Hershey has already indicated that married men are in danger, and may be forced to dip into the college pool to fill coming quotas...
...Newark's Hays Park East pool last week, Skippy had one item of unfinished business to take up: the A.A.U.'s National Outdoor championship. Browning won this title in 1949, but he was a runner-up the next two years. To complete his unparalleled one-man sweep, he had to retake...
Then Skippy went into his repertory of dazzling dives. For a climax, he sprang one of his "inventions" that would not have been officially recognized in the Olympics. Taking off from the board, he soared and began twisting and spinning. By the time he slithered into the pool, he had executed an astonishing running double-twisting forward 1½ somersault. The five judges were properly impressed, and Skippy Browning had finished his business: he copped the title, with 202.82 points over Ohio State's Runner-Up Bob Clotworthy, with...