Word: rans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thought they were firing blanks, but then somebody, yelled, 'Oh Lord, I'm hit!' I felt a blow, like a brick, on the back of my leg. I went down and got up and I was hit again, in the hip. I got up and ran, and I was hit under the armpit." Of the 30 victims, 28 were hit in the side or back, including the three dead students. This story was corroborated by a newspaperman, a fireman, and a highway patrolman who did not shoot. No cops were injured by gunfire; only one was hurt...
SURPRISE has been the only predictable quality in French politics of late, and when the people of France went to the polls this week to choose a new President, they still had some surprises to offer. According to form, ex-Premier Georges Pompidou ran well ahead of the other six candidates. As expected, he failed to attain a majority of the votes cast, necessitating a run-off election on June 15. His opponent then will be Interim President Alain Poher, and that, too, had been anticipated. What was unexpected was Poher's failure to get more than a quarter...
...first edition of Fielding's Guide came off the presses in 1948. It was an instant success. The Danish government ran a survey and was amazed to discover that between one-third and one-half of all Americans who visited between 1948 and 1950 had come at Fielding's recommendation. Nancy and Temple moved from New York to Denmark in 1951, and four months later settled in Formentor, where they built up their remarkable establishment...
...Colburn ran one of the fastest half-miles in his career to finish third in the event Saturday. His 1:48.7 Clocking was his fastest since his freshman year, when he set a University record of 1:48.0 in the British National Championships. The captain-elect for next season was sidelined most of last year with a ruptured Achilles tendon, and his times this year had been in the low 1:50's before Saturday's race...
Senior Tim McLoone will carry the Crimson banner in the two-mile run, where he ran a very creditable 8:58.0 in the Heps on May 10. The remaining Crimson performer will be Walter Johnson, who could threaten in the triple jump if he comes near to the 48 ft. 7 in. distance he leaped in the Princeton meet...