Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Jack Waldron, top breaststroker, will be the sole Crimson entry in the Massachusetts State Senior 220-yard breast stroke race. Rusty Greenhood and George Dana will compete in the New England A. A. A. U. Senior Championship high-board diving event...
...stroke behind the Pennsylvania professional were Jimmie Thompson, of Shawnee-On-Delaware, Pa., and Chardley Harper, of Portsmouth, Ve., with 142's for the two rounds...
Shock From Lima, Peru, came a Decameronian tale: a stroke of lightning which ripped off all the clothes of a beautiful young woman in the streets of Calendin (pop.: 5,000), left her mute from shock. Shocked in his turn by the dazzling sight, a passer-by who had long been mute, recovered his powers of speech...
Shortly before the stroke of twelve one night last week 300 people were enjoying a movie in Chillán's National Theatre. Suddenly, above the screen voices, came an ominous, familiar rumble. Everyone knew what it meant but before anyone could get to the street, the walls buckled and the roof crashed. Outside in the heaving plaza, heavy brick-walled buildings toppled into the street. The massive front of the Governor's Palace swayed forward, and fell in a cascade on several passing cars. Thousands of rotos and their families, caught in their beds, had no chance...
...Square Garden, the Budge backhand finally met the Vines forehand. It was the opening match of a 70-city Budge v. Vines professional tour, and 17,000 tennis enthusiasts gladly paid up to $7.70 a seat to see it: They breathlessly watched Budge serve his first ball-his first stroke under lights, indoors, for pay. The ball landed three feet beyond the baseline...