Word: stamina
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mile run is a grinding test of stamina, almost a question of mind over matter. Last week, at the New York Athletic Club games in Madison Square Garden, two FBI men, Fred Wilt and Horace Ashenfelter, put their minds on a matter which had long concerned them: Ashen-felter's chances of breaking Wilt's world indoor record. Wilt, now 33 and a little past his prime, set the record (8:50.7) two years ago. Ashenfelter, 31 and about at his peak, set the Olympic 3,000-meter (almost two miles) steeplechase record two years...
Latest hopeful is Philadelphia-born Margaret Harshaw, 41, who is gradually shouldering a greater load of heavy Wagnerian leads. Big (5 ft. 8 in.) and strong enough to brandish a spear handily and with enough stamina to last out a four-hour opera, Soprano Harshaw seems a natural Wagnerian. She arrived at the Met in 1942 as a contralto, gradually developed her high notes until she became a full-fledged soprano. A fortnight ago, she began belting out impressive "ho-yo-to-hos" in one of Wagner's grandest roles -the helmeted goddess Briinnhilde in Die Walkure-with such...
...mile, and two-mile events were runaways for the Terriers' Bill "Wee Willie" Smith and John Kelly, who romped away in the final laps. Dave Alpers and Renny Little did manage to pace Smith stride for stride in the 1000 until Smith's stamina prevailed...
...author calls for a show of stamina to drive the politicians away from the academic scene. He asks, "Why should we in the North not show the backbone of the teachers in California who refused to take the oath?" It seems ironic somehow for a man who calls for a showing of backbones to show so blatantly his own backside. The CRIMSON in its attempt to protect its letter writers from recrimination, has been deceived into protecting the timorous. --William Mitchell...
...suggestion is: Don't sign the teacher's oath. If enough people show stamina, the politicians will look elsewhere for their laurels. Why should we in the North not show the backbone of the teachers in California who refused to take the oath? Is not Boston the home of the original tea party? Name withheld by request