Word: sank
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bowditch and Harrington shared scoring Honors with 15 tallies each, and in a brief appearance in the closing minutes, Bill Richiing sank three jump shots. The difference, however, was in rebounding and at the foul line, where Yale outscored the varsity...
Retreat. Fortnight ago, the Tory brass of Bournemouth sank into deeper trouble. Major Friend, they learned, was in close cahoots with the League of Empire Loyalists, a quasi-fascist group that recently heckled Tory Prime Minister Harold Macmillan himself. Friend, it turned out, had written letters arranging that every time Nigel Nicolson tried to hold a meeting, the Loyalists would break it up with their heckling and roughhousing. Unhappily, the Bournemouth East Conservative Association accepted Major Friend's withdrawal...
...Bowditcn sank a 25-foot jump shot with one second to play Friday night to give the varsity quintet a thrilling 67-66 upset victory over Cornell. The Crimson came from behind Saturday to hand Columbia its tenth straight defeat...
...into a power dive. As he held his target in sight, the pilot knew every second of the way that he was headed for death. Yet he kept going until he crashed and died amid fire and explosion in the side of the carrier St. Lo. The St. Lo sank. Over a 130-mile front, other Japanese planes dived against her sister carriers. That night, Oct. 25, 1944, Imperial Headquarters in Tokyo announced the launching of the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps, named for the "divine wind" that had saved Japan from Mongol invasion in 1281. The 1944 corps was Japan...
...smoother steaming in rough weather. Planned for 1,300 passengers, compared to the Doria's 1,290, the Leonardo at 32,000 tons and 760 ft. is 10% heavier and longer. The extra weight is accounted for by safety precautions, including additional compartmenting of the hull. The Doria sank when three of its twelve compartments were flooded; the Da Vinci will float with three of its 15 compartments flooded. When the Leonardo goes into service in 1960, Italy expects to have a powerful new dollar earner as the flagship of her already prosperous fleet...