Word: squads
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will be an all-or-nothing situation this morning when the varsity soccer squad meets Brown at 11 in Providence. The Ivy League race has become a two-defeats-and-out contest, and the Crimson (3-1-0) and Brown (3-1-1) will be fighting for survival...
From the hoarse throats of 250,000 Cubans jammed before the presidential palace in Havana rose the chilling cry: "Pa-re-don! To the wall! To the firing squad!" By whipping up a frenzy of hatred, Fidel Castro last week got mob approval for a resumption of the drumhead justice that earlier put to death 551 Cubans accused as supporters of ex-Dictator Fulgencio Batista. Now the blood purge would be aimed at defectors in the band of barbudos (bearded ones) who lifted him to power, of whom hundreds are now in prison...
...quit the army a fortnight ago charging Communist infiltration (TIME, Nov. 2) and for his troubles wound up in prison along with 38 of his officers. "Pilots who crash here," added Castro, referring to the leaflet-dropping runs by U.S.-based Cuban exiles, "will know that the firing squad awaits them inexorably...
...Havana mob went after Dubois. Last week, as he sat writing a story in the downtown office of the American Cable & Radio Co., the throng appeared. Came the chant: "Do we want Fidel?" The answer: "Yes!" The question: "Do we want Dubois?" The answer: "No! To the firing squad!" Ducking out a rear door, Dubois was picked up by a military guard, led through the howling, spitting mob to a taxi and safety at the Havana Hilton Hotel. Back in his room, Dubois made light of the danger. Said he: "Tell the boys at home not to worry...
...quarterbacks except Charlie Ravenel are expected to see action this morning when the Crimson junior varsity football team plays the Princeton squad. Game time is 10:30 at Soldiers Field...