Word: spiked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...national-defense matters. Under its "right of correction," a signatory country that feels a correspondent has distorted the news can send its own version to his government, which must release the correction to all news agencies but may not require its publication. All in all, U.S. Delegate Erwin D. ("Spike") Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, thought the treaty a beginning step that would strengthen "agreed principles based on the right of the people to know...
...Ogden, Utah celebrated the 80th anniversary of the day California's Governor Leland Stanford helped drive a golden spike into newly laid tracks at nearby Promontory Point, thus completing the nation's first transcontinental railroad...
...winning time not only clipped seconds off the old upstream record set by Spike Chase's crew in 1941, but it also demolished a 17-year-old downstream record established over a slightly shorter course. Which means, in short, that the Crimson has an even more excellent crew than usual this year, a crew which must be considered the overwhelming favorite to retain the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges 2,000 meter sprint championships at Syracuse this Saturday...
Despite his criticisms, the Nationalist government recognizes Kung as a powerful foe of Communism, and until recently distributed copies of his paper to Nationalist troops. If the Communists ever catch him, Kung is sure that they will kill him. But he does not intend to spike his editorial cannon. Says he: "Chih su pupien [unchangeable until...
Impromptu shows manage to crop up every now and then in spite of the fact that the station is run on a strict broadcasting schedule. Radio Radcliffe announcers like to ad lib Spike Jones records...