Word: stadia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...knows a good deal about football. He disagreed politely with Cunningham, who had stated that football players made great soldiers, by pointing out that most of the men who fought in the war were in the stands during football games. He mentioned that the seating capacities of our college stadia far exceeded classroom space, and that this rather than the score at Stanford was a cause for worry. He didn't discuss the team much, for the reason that he hadn't watched them yet. But he wound up with a pretty good argument for Mr. Bingham's athletic policy...
...necessary steps for the preliminary work have already been taken in connection with the preparations for the 1940 Games, so that the Organization Committee has a good start for the 1952 Games. The Helsinki Stadium, together with special stadia for swimming contests, rowing, horseback-riding, wrestling, etc., are already built . . . The Helsinki main Stadium has accommodations for more than 80,000 persons...
...Tribuna Popular in Rio's streets. It did not raise his stock with conservative President Eu rico Gaspar Dutra. Last week, Dutra was reported to have canceled a contract recently awarded to Niemeyer for a great aeronautical center near Sao Paulo-an air city with hangars, workshops, hospital, stadia, schools and apartments...
Fine hotels, golf courses, stadia, movies are no substitute for home, family, American women, freedom from Army caste...