Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ultrafast-opening parachute for low-altitude (100 ft.) jumps, is activated by two explosive charges, opens in 8/10 sec., stabilizes in 13 ft.; quick-release parachute harness enables chutist to flip free in high ground winds and rough terrain...
...Pittsburgh (4-1)-though wearied by a rough-and-tumble schedule, is still a solid all-round outfit, disposed of West Virginia...
...Freshman football team will be at full strength "with only a few rough spots here and there" for its game with Dartmouth this afternoon, according to Coach Henry Lamar...
Senator Thomas Martin, will win back the seat held by Democrat Merwin Coad, winner in 1956 by precisely 198 votes out of 129,052 cast. But Republicans are having rough sledding in at least three other districts. In the Second (Cedar Rapids-Dubuque) district, veteran Henry O. Talle, ranking Republican on the House Banking and Currency Committee, carried only 51.3% of the district in 1956 against Democrat Leonard Wolf, who has been campaigning ever since. In the Fifth (Des Moines) district, Republican Paul Cunningham won by only 51.1% in 1956, is slightly favored over Democrat Neal Smith, who is hurt...
...varsity, the rugged Van Cortlandt Park course may cause as much trouble as the opposition. The five mile course follows an extremely hilly route with very rough terrain within the first two miles and a self-explanatory "Cemetery Hill" not far from the finish...