Word: pre
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...life, Read excelled. He quickly rose to the rank of captain and won the D.S.O. for his heroism in battle. But he returned from the trenches horrified by the senseless slaughter he had witnessed, and resolved never again to aid a war effort. The casual thoughts of pre-war days crystallized into an ardent pacifism...
Skilng--Dec. 12-13, Pre-Season Cross Country and Slalom at Franconia, N.H.; Jan 2-3, 4-Event Intercollegiate Meet at Lyndonville, Vt.; 9, Orvis Slalom at Manchester, Vt.; 10 Jackson Cross Country; 16-17, Hanover Cross-Country Relay; 16-17, PSEASA Downhill, Slalom and Combined Championships at Stowe, Vt.; 30-31, USEASA Relay and N.H. Jump at Lebanon, N.H.; Feb, 6-7, EISA Estn. Div. Chmps; 13-14, Williams Carnival; 21, Brattleboro Invitation Jump; 28, Harvard-Bromley Slalom, Manchester, Vt.; Mar. 6-7, EISA Senior Div. Chmps, Lyndonville; 14, USEASA Men's Giant, Slalom, Stowe; 20-21, Webber...
...which he planned, built and flew the world's first really workable helicopter,* and more recent work in which he has helped bring the device to its present state of windmilling efficiency. Today, at 64, he is not only an honored pioneer of the brave, oil-spattered world of pre-Sarajevo aviation but also the paramount prophet of a completely new era of flight...
...Waco, Baylorites got wind of the news and launched a counter-whammy: they bought up all the green candles in town and set them alight. Dr. William Richardson White, president of Baylor, a football hotblood himself, turned up at a feverish pre-game rally, reminded his listeners that Texas had spoiled Baylor streaks before, and promised: "This year it's going to be different...
...Molloy, who injured his ankle in pre-season practice for Yale, was third-string quarterback in the game but did not figure in any of the scoring...