Word: raced
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...municipal elections last year. The most revealing answer will come from the May primary election in Pennsylvania where, last fortnight, John L. Lewis took his political life in his hands by entering Lieut.-Governor Thomas Kennedy, Secretary-Treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, in the Democratic primary race...
...Knights of Columbus in Manhattan. Without close competition-Gene Venzke crossed the line 30 yards behind him-he breezed through a mile in 4 min. 7.4 sec., breaking his own (recognized) indoor record by one second. Seventy minutes later he attempted something more difficult. He entered the 600-yard race, less than half his usual distance. The others made a sprinting start. He elected to start standing up, and was promptly left behind. Then his legs began to pump and he pulled up on the leaders. With a terrific sprint he crossed the line in 1 min., 11.3 sec., tying...
...York Legislature has grappled with the Communist menace. In the midst of the intellectual stagnation and physical exhaustion that usually accompanies the closing hours of a legislative session or a six day bike race, the New York solons passed a bill banning radicals from state office. The bill defines communism as "the doctrine which advocates the destruction of the state by force and violence and the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat or the advocation of the suppression of free speech...
This expedition, which is operating under the joint auspices of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Harvard University, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington has located implements made by what was the oldest human race to inhabit the tracts of southeastern Asia...
Equalling his best 220 free-style time of 2:11.2 for the third race this year, Willie Kendall surged out in front of Yale Captain Johnny Macionis to win by a substantial margin. The Eli star never really challenged for the lead. Jim Curwen turned in 2:17.7 for a last minute triumph for third place over Captain Jimmy Simpson of Princeton...