Word: reliefers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although used only sparingly Saturday sight, Leo page demonstrated a deft shot-making eye and ball-handling finesse that provided a welcome relief from what often threatened to be an unpolished, rough and ready ball game. He netted 10 points, while Gantt with five, Jack Noble with two, and Steve Davis and Bill Henry with one each completed the scoring for the victors...
...football's best one-man team folded up last week. For eleven games, with little help or relief, 172-lb. Bill Dudley of the Pittsburgh Steelers had run around, under & over big 225-pounders. He was not fast, either, but with his jitterbug's change-of-pace, he became the National League's No. 1 ground-gainer (604 yards). He was also the team's sparkplug, did the kicking and passing, led the league in pass interceptions (10). Said he, retiring from pro football after ripping a cartilage in his knee: "I know my limitations...
Undergraduates or graduates who have unsuccessfully petitioned for relief from the College ruling that credit for war-time studies must ordinarily be counted as a part of one's college record have been asked especially to describe the circumstances...
...sudden ending of the strike brought a feeling of relief to many mining towns which were experiencing a pre Christmas lull, but feelings of individual miners were mingled...
...Relief from this state of affairs lies directly with the Associated Harvard Clubs and the Alumni Association, now pondering the problem of whether Harvard's war memorial will be a Music and Arts Center, a Medical Center, or a Student Activities Center. A joint deliberative committee of the two groups was appointed at the time of the Yale game, and its recommendations, not due for some length of time yet, will set in motion the wheels that will sell the idea, gather the money, and eventually see the final choice in finished brick and mortar...