Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...phrase had a solid basis in fact. According to the story, Democratic National Chairman Bob Hannegan had gone for instructions to the President's private car as it sat on a Chicago siding just before the July convention officially began. The President, closely following the vice-presidential race, had decided to dump both Jimmy Byrnes and Henry Wallace. Worried over the dissension, he allegedly said: "Go on down there and nominate Truman before there's any more trouble. And clear everything with Sidney." Pundit Krock, flatly guaranteeing the truth of the quotation, observed sadly: "Not until the time...
Following a nip-and-tuck fight for the J.V. spot, Charlie Loring's Freshmen will race as the second boat tomorrow, having won a coin toss from Bill Allen's crew. Both crews finished in a dead heat in Wednesday's time trial which was to decide the contest. The third contestant for the J.V. position, Shaw's boat, finished a poor third...
...Crimson eight goes to the stake with a good chance of bringing home both the Engineers' and the Redmen's crew shirts. Although Cornell is somewhat of an unknown factor in tomorrow's meet, Tech finished only several inches ahead of the Crimson boat in last spring's race. Tech defeated Cornell in the spring contests which Harvard did not enter. The average weights of the two boats are almost identical--Tech weighing in at 178 and Harvard at 177 1/2. In the spring race the weight advantage was with the Gray sweepswingers...
...race is any man's guess, with the odds possibly on the Tech side. The two Cornell squads are scheduled to arrive at 9:15 o'clock tonight and will be housed by Tech, official sponsors of the meet. They will leave tomorrow night following the race...
...times for tomorrow's races are 4:15 o'clock for the JV contest and 5 o'clock for the Varsity event. Harvard's third boat will race Tech's third boat in a special pre-race event at 3:45 o'clock in which Cornell will not participate...