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Word: solids (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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From the moment the 17-year-old New York schoolgirl glided out to defend her world's figure-skating title last week, any splay-ankled tyro could plainly see that pert Carol Heiss was a solid bet to keep the championship in the U.S. In addition, the flashiest male who showed up for the meet at the posh Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs was another American. Dave Jenkins, 20, the acrobatic kid brother of Hayes Alan Jenkins, now turned pro, who had won the title four years running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Pair of Aces | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

...freshman squad, producing for the first time this year, also looked very impressive in a solid 15-12 win over Yale. Jim Pruett, fencing in sabre, won all three of his bouts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Whip Elis To Assure Fourth Place in Standings | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

...Crimson freshmen, who boast an eleven won, two lost record to date, should rate solid favorites over the Blue after their 10 to 2 rout of the Princeton freshmen at Watson Rink last Saturday...

Author: By James W.B. Benkard, | Title: Sextet To Face Yale, Needs Strong Victory | 3/9/1957 | See Source »

Died. The Most Rev. Jules Benjamin Jeanmard, 77, first Louisianian to become a Roman Catholic bishop (1918). who took a solid pro-integration stand in November 1955 by excommunicating two women in his Lafayette. La. diocese for assaulting a woman teacher of an integrated catechism class, lifted the ban a week later when they apologized; after making a final request that his body lie in state for one day at a Lafayette Negro church; in Lake Charles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 4, 1957 | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

...sabre division, which failed to match the solid performance of the other teams, was able to win only three bouts. Mitch Thomas won two of three, while Doug Runnels won only once. Dave Silbert had a very bad day, and lost all three...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Take Two Divisions, but Lose To Lions, 14 to 13 | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

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