Word: quarter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lingering hope of the dispirited defenders of Madrid was for an honorable, merciful peace. But from General Franco's headquarters in Burgos had come no promise of quarter, only a repeated demand for unconditional surrender-the white flag over Madrid. Then, last Tuesday morning, white flags began to flutter wanly over the ramparts of Madrid, the last symbol of Spanish resistance to the advance of Fascism...
...Eric Cutler, tired after his epochal 1500-meter second, had swum a heat of the 440, but that his time of 5:03 was too slow to quality for the finals. Cutler's ailing arm was another factor to slow him up. Frannie Powers won his heat of the quarter in 5:08, but his time was too slow...
...Curwen, Eric Cutler and Frannie Powers did not survive the trials in the 100 and 440. Charlie Barker, of Ohio State, and Paul Wolf, of Southern California, tied for first in the century in 52.9, while Michigan's Tom Haynie won the quarter with his teammate, Jim Welsh second...
...world record could be hung up, because the International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes only outdoor performances. Cunningham amazed everybody with a 4:04.4 mile, the fastest ever run by man, two seconds under British Sydney Charles Wooderson's world record. Unsure of the track, Cunningham ran his second quarter in a slow 64 seconds; later he figured he could have run the distance safely two seconds faster...
...fast he could run 800 meters and the half-mile (880 yards). Spaced out to pace him were four Dartmouth runners with handicaps of from 10 to 95 yards. Careful was Borican this time to be off with the gun and not before. He turned off the quarter in a sweet 52.4, overhauled the pacers one by one, raced on to break the 800-meter tape in 1:49.2, the half-mile tape 5.1 yards farther...