Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...could not listen to the rumblings of a shaking empire. It was of more immediate interest that seven lean years had slashed the average weight of the Oxford crew from 180 to 154 Ibs., forced it to order the lightest shell ever for the historic race with Cambridge (see SPORT). King George VI decreed that Ascot, once the world's swankest racing meet (grey toppers, lobster and champagne) would be held "strictly on austerity lines" (sack suits and sandwiches...
...immediate objectives was the purchase of nylons. She was finally getting the postwar trip her husband used to promise "during those days when he was having them all." She was scarcely off the boat before she had a new pair of shoes (black suede, high-heeled) and a pink sport dress. Her ultimate objective: Barbados, B.W.I., for "sunshine and rest...
...CRIMSON SPORT WEEK...
Like many another war baby, Cleve land's loudly self-advertised Jack & Heintz, Inc. was knocked flat Tby war's hurried exit. But last week Jahco was getting back on its feet. There were some 2,000 old associates (employes) back at work, and short, sport-shirted President William S. Jack was rehiring at the rate of 1,000 a month. Most of the old benefits, soft music, free lunches, etc. were still in force, except one. Take-home pay had been cut 53%, though Bill Jack said pay will still average $2,900 a year...
...Army last December chopped up the Pacific into four competitive zones, then plunged into a wholesale, 15-sport Olympics. For the Army Air Forces, which did a heroic shuttle job (example: G.I. horseshoe pitchers were flown from Honolulu to Korea for interzone eliminations), it was a big job. Last week, with full colonels competing with and against buck privates, the program reached its final fury. Major-sport results...