Word: springing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dodds had succeeded first president, John R. Green '56 of Lowell House and San Francisco, who resigned last spring under academic pressure...
From the window of his cell in Leavenworth federal prison in the early spring of 1920, Robert Stroud watched the building of the gallows on which he was supposed to be hanged for murder. At 19 he had drawn a twelve-year sentence for killing a man who had beaten up his girl friend; while serving out that sentence in Leavenworth, Stroud had stabbed to death a guard who mistreated him. Eight days before Stroud's scheduled execution, President Woodrow Wilson scrawled on a piece of paper: "Commuted to life...
...Masters warned that the existence of another House might one day lead to larger classes which would crowd the new facilities. "It is our hope that two new Houses would take care of the increase in enrollment which President Pusey predicted last spring," Taylor said...
...Last spring Rossano was the top pitcher in the Greater Boston League, compiling a record of four victories and no defeats. He won his two games in the Eastern Intercollegiate League...
Ford Motor Co. kicked off its major 1956 sales pitch last week with a car safety forum in Detroit, announced that no-spring door latches, "deep-dish" steering wheels (many drivers have been impaled on the steering column) and padded rearview mirrors would be standard equipment on all models. Dashboard and visor cushion pads and front-seat belts will be optional but sold at cost ($25). Benson Ford invited the automobile industry to go along with Ford on a safety sales campaign. But not all the automakers were willing to emphasize the chances a car buyer takes when he ventures...