Word: sportsmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trophies. The Thames was London's main thoroughfare; some 40,000 wherries navigated its surface as modern taxicabs navigate the Strand. Theaters in particular relied on watermen to bring their audiences, and Doggett, an Irish comedian, had a very practical affection for the hard-working rowers. London sportsmen soon developed just as practical an affection for the race...
Bluefish & Shark. Conservation experts at the course were careful to point out that, for all the improvements in tackle, they have little fear that streams or lakes will ever be fished out by sportsmen. The more fish caught, they maintained, the more the survivors can find food to grow to maturity. "Even state laws limiting the size and number of fish that can be taken are unnecessary in most cases," said North Carolina State's wildlife biologist, Dr. Ed Lowry. In almost all species, prolific egg production eventually results in far more adult fish than can be taken...
...doubt that the doctor saw to it that his alcoholic brother drank himself quickly to death after insuring his life for a considerable sum. Palmer also got several girls in the family way, and there is good reason to suppose he doped race horses, robbed some of his fellow sportsmen, and was generally heedless of most conventional responsibilities...
Died. Roland H. Clark, 83, author (Gunner's Dawn, Stray Shots) and hunter-artist whose realistic etchings, watercolors and oil paintings of wild fowl made him a favorite with sportsmen; in Norwalk, Conn...
Badge of Courage. Anyone with a taste for such high-speed thrills and the price of a ticket to St. Moritz can try the Cresta chute for 24 Swiss francs ($5.60). During most of its accident-spotted, 72-year history, Cresta has catered to blue-blooded sportsmen-nobility and well-heeled wanderers with an urge to prove their courage by risking their necks. Only in 1948, when the Winter Olympics were held at St. Moritz, did Cresta-type sledding get worldwide recognition as part ot the games. But year after year the international brigade returns. There are always...