Word: semis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ohio State versus Harvard, and North Carolina versus N.Y.U.--these are the pairings for the N.C.A.A. semi-finals on March 21 at Madison Square Garden, decided upon by a drawing yesterday at the New York Sports Writers Luncheon. The Crimson-Buckeye game will be first on the evening program, beginning at 8 o'clock in order to enable the Varsity quintet to catch an 11 o'clock plane back to Boston after the game...
...traveling salesman. Thereupon her father began to lose his wits, finally cut his throat with a razor. Her grandfather was popped into a sanatorium for alcoholics; her uncle still languished in the state penitentiary. The relatives who raised Susan were "a whole gibbering pack of unknowns, all drunken, all semi-criminal, all diseased." Prudish Susan was so overcome by the "beautiful luxury of grief" in telling this hideous tale that she burst into tears. Slick only poured more molasses on his flapjacks. But, in the middle of the night, he suddenly turned to Susan and said: "I must tell...
...Last week the International Olympic Committee chose London for the next Games (XIIth Olympiad). Date: 1948. Probable grounds: the cramped Wembley Stadium, whose seating capacity (42,000) is less than half as big as the last two Olympiad scenes. Still unsettled: 1) what to do about Russia's semi-pro athletes, whose victories are rewarded in cash by the Soviet Government; 2) whether to invite Italy (Germany and Japan are specifically outlawed until they can demonstrate their "good faith...
...began to be an artist in Druskiensiki, Lithuania, when he was only eight. His earliest works were carefully painted white in imitation of the plaster casts he saw at school. At 18, Lipchitz hotfooted to Paris, became the youngest member of the Cubist group, quickly developed the muscular, semi-abstract style...
...Jersey heifer. It closed with a gooey, sentimental ballad called Contented, sung by a weepy-voiced tenor ("I'm on heaven's own doorstep, so contented with you"). Between the moo and the mush, the Carnation Milk Co. poured out a half hour of semi-classical music as thick and sweet as its product. To keep its Contented Hour flowing smoothly, Carnation also hired such big names as Bonelli and Swarthout...