Word: spurts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson spurt ended quickly when Kousi outclassed Culbert and thereby sowed up the meet for Yale with the unlimited class still to go. Heavyweight Pete Morrison won over Don Riley, 5 to 2, but his victory couldn't help the already defeated Crimson cause...
...Princess Caetani refuses to talk about quitting, hopes that a sudden spurt in circulation will save the magazine and let her keep her paintings. Certainly, the more creative U.S. highbrows would regard the death of Botteghe as a calamity. In the U.S., the literary quarterlies have become forums for academicians whose most congenial task is to criticize each other's criticism. Young writers and un conventional writers have never had too many places where they could turn, have fewer than ever today...
Three-Goal Spurt...
...Johnny Kelley's undefeated B.C. squad, it will be three equally strong lines, four good defensemen, and sophomore Charlie D'Entremont in the goal. The Eagles opened against the Providence Friars a week ago, 8 to 5, on a last period spurt and followed with a 6 to 0 shutout win over Northeastern Tuesday. The Eagles lead in the overall Harvard-B.C. series, 11 games...
...Skyrocket's fuel (three tons) burned out at the end of the spurt. Scotty spiraled to the dry lake and made a perfect landing at 150 m.p.h. Asked how it felt to be flying twice as fast as sound, he said: "I had the flu and an awful headache, and about all I really wanted to do was to get this over and get down...