Word: round
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This will be the varsity's final match of the year, with only the New England Intercollegiates remaining to round out the season this weekend. The Crimson has compiled an 18-1 record thus far, and if it wins today it will have compiled a .950 percentage record on the season, which is equal or superior to that of any team in the East...
...nature of the remaining matches was emphasized at Annapolis this weekend, when the golfers failed to qualify in the Eastern Intercollegiate Team Championships. In the individuals, the best showing was made by number one man Tom Wheeling, who shot 77-76 to qualify. He was defeated in the first round, four and three. Yale's Pete Nisselson, last year's individual winner, failed to qualify, shooting...
Jordan's 21-year-old King Hussein boldly announced: "The crisis in Jordan is ended," relaxed the daytime curfew, and set out to try about 100 "Communists and fellow travelers" under martial law for seeking his overthrow. The U.S. Sixth Fleet wheeled round off Beirut and sailed away for the western Mediterranean, having made its point and enjoyed its shore leave. Eisenhower's Special Ambassador to the Middle East, ex-Congressman James P. Richards, after a last visit to Israel headed for home. Left glumly isolated and defeated in the first round, the Egyptian and Syrian press...
...third round, as he anxiously watched his fighter, Robinson's manager, George ("The Emperor") Gainford, noticed a Fullmer weakness: the champion was dropping his hands after taking a body blow. Before the fourth, Gainford advised Robinson to throw a right to the heart, and then follow with a left hook to the chin. Robinson nodded. He saw no chance in the next round, but midway through the fifth, Robinson drove a right into Fullmer's body. In Pavlovian style, the champion lowered his hands, and for a split second uncovered his chin. It hung there, as naked...
...budget director in 1949, and Pace produced a healthy budget surplus ($3.5 billion). In 1950, at 37, Pace became Secretary of the Army, served until the Eisenhower Administration came in, when he joined General Dynamics. Independently wealthy, Pace is a skilled golfer (high 70s), champion tennis player and all-round athlete who works as hard as he plays...