Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...early to guess, last week, whether Kenny could beat Earl Warren. But it was obvious that the race would be tense and close and that Kenny would pitch his full share of curves...
Dunster, hopeful of overtaking her rival, was thus unable to improve her position in the section race, though defeating Dudley 38 to 29 yesterday, in a game featured by Len Ragozin's 21 points...
Acting President Theophilus Painter "tentatively" turned him down, then hastily appealed to Texas Attorney General Grover Sellers for backing up. Wrote Painter: "It has never been the policy of this institution to admit Negroes as students. ... To my knowledge, this is the first time a member of the Negro race has presented himself for registration." Painter wanted a ruling on whether "a person of Negro ancestry, otherwise qualified . . . may legally be admitted as a student...
...always, the crews lined up for the first day's race in the order they finished the previous year (Jesus has been "Head of the River" for nine of the past twelve years). So Bull College was put near the tail end, in 59th place out of 60 crews (Trinity Seventh was 60th). When Corpus' Third, King's Third, and Saint Catharine's Fourth, the other tail-enders, got snarled in each other's oars, the coaches began firing pistol shots and Connie began to scream. Her G.I.s, who took her shrieks for exhortations, plowed...
...doctor's orders, the little king, who has always run his empire like an absolute monarch, has supposedly retired. Sample behavior in retirement: when he went to the races to relax, he ended up buying a string of race horses...