Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When prehistoric man first lifted his shaggy hands off the ground and stood erect, the human race was in for trouble. People have been complaining of backaches ever since...
After three and a half years in the Navy and one tune-up race, MacMitchell last week picked the Metropolitan A.A.U. 1,000-yard run for his championship debut -and showed that he had momentarily forgotten all he knew about foot racing. He got off to a poor start, tried to make up too much ground too quickly, was caught in traffic jams and bumped off stride. Result: the former N.Y.U. miler came in third-behind Manhattan College's blond Fred Sickinger...
Quantian let it pass. But not earnest Tomlinson D. Todd, Negro president of Washington's Institute on Race Relations. Said he next day: "Quantian was refused admission because he is white. Discrimination in the nation's capital must...
...Were the retreats of the Red Army to Leningrad and Moscow a giving up of the strategic goal? ... No! ... From that we must learn. . . . Comrades! Don't be afraid and don't hesitate. . . . We have in this race for leadership [within a united popular front] by far the stronger driving force, the better gasoline. ... In open and honest competition, supported by our Leninist theory and practice, we shall arrive at the leadership without anybody accusing us of using unfair means...
Just how the Chicago Black Hawks stayed with the pace nobody knew. But it was no secret that their tiny team had worked wonders with speed and power plays. The Chicagoans, though dominating the scoring race, had been mauled physically more than any other club. The star casualties: playmaking Bill Mosienko (twisted knee) ; deadly Doug Bentley (two teeth missing); Red Hamill and Eddie Wares (sprained underpinnings...