Word: rising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dizzy to the Chicago Cubs for $185,000, even though the Cubs knew of Dr. Hyland's findings. Last week three of the doctor's patients were easily identifiable as Cardinals. It was no secret either that the 1949 pennant hopes of the New York Giants would rise or fall on how skillfully Doc Hyland carved a bone growth from Catcher Walker Cooper's kneecap this week...
...greater tribute to the American system need be written than the rise to the Presidency of Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert C. Hoover and Harry S. Truman...
...Radcliffe also sang; they were not cramped by the stage, but it was hard to see just how they contributed to the 70th Anniversary Benefit. But the Annex wasn't forgotten when the Riffs left the stage, for the final number of the Band was "Radcliffe, Now We Rise to Greet Thee," and the rest of the audience stood up and cheered. Even "Wintergreen" was forgotten in the applause...
This is an ingenious system, if a socialistic tendency or two doesn't make you shudder. Although there are lots of differences between Sarah Lawrence's and Harvard's problems of student fees, Harvard could not ignore the Sarah Lawrence system if another tuition rise comes. That is if Harvard hopes to keep on having its "broadly representative student body...
Last year marked the beginning of a phenomenal rise of ski enthusiasm at Radcliffe. Beginners in the sport trekked north in large groups to learn the art. Apparently neither broken skis nor broken ankles daunted the learners' spirits, since they are returning this year in larger groups and with more converts...