Word: repeating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sloshed along valiantly, Purdue's Denis Johansson, 23, splashed past the leaders on the last lap, all but floated across the finish line to win by 10 yards over Wilt. Johansson's time (4:18.2) was understandably slow. The real rub: Purdue's Johansson might easily repeat or better his performance at Helsinki this summer-and, as a Finnish citizen, he will be running for his own country...
Last Thursday, Eugene List provided the musical climax of the evening by his performance of the Liszt E Flat Piano Concerto, a work which he will repeat at tonight's concert. Mr. List is a young man who can mold an expressive lyrical line out of a passage which many others would use merely to display fast finger-work. The length of the concerto left him no time for encores, though the audience recalled him repeatedly. I for one would rather have heard another selection by him than such encore offerings of Fiedler's as Plink, Plank, Plunk...
...lost a five-hitter to the Army last weekend, will receive his second starting assignment of the season today when Stuffy McInnis' nine clashes with Boston University on Nickerson Field at 4 p.m. Producer of a brilliant two-hit shutout over the Terriers last year, Ward will attempt to repeat that performance this afternoon against what B.U. officials call "far and away" the strongest team they have had since...
...pointed to Yale or Dartmouth as the contenders for this year's crown; the Crimson was almost universally neglected. But a strong showing against the southern teams has restored Coach Bruce Munro's men to prominence as the League schedule opens the Crimson is rated a light choice to repeat...
...freshman year. The night before the Big Debate with Notre Dame, the coach called him aside and told him bluntly: "Sheen, you're absolutely the worst speaker I ever heard." Whereupon he stood Sheen in a corner, took one paragraph from his prepared speech and made Sheen repeat it for an hour. Then he said: "Do you know what's wrong with you?" Sheen thought hard and said: "I'm not natural...