Word: takings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...kept him on. Now the time was appropriate. The blockade of Berlin was ending. The Western Germans were ready to form their own federal government (see INTERNATIONAL). In Clay's own words, "the punitive phases" of the Allied occupation were finished; the State Department was almost set to take over. Last week the President announced that General Clay would turn over his command next week to his deputies, Lieut. General Clarence Huebner and Major General George P. Hays, who would stand by until the State Department could move...
...freshman track team is in for another very close meet this afternoon when it travels north to take on Andover. "We'll have to clean up on the flat to beat 'em," freshman Coach Carl Olsen says, adding that the prepschoolersare strong in the weight events, the jumps and the hurdles...
...days when men were men, it was fashionable to take a heave at the oars. Which left the upper body almost parallel with the water. The principle behind this was that a mighty pull more than offset the waste motion and energy involved. Such fine points as not wobbling the boat or making a smooth recovery were ignored...
Only slight differences mark a Harvard crew's style from that of any other coached by a Washington graduate, Most crews take an even pull all the way through every stroke, ending with a final tug before removing their oars from the water...
...fistfull of fillers start the program. They vary in merit, but "Mauve and Burgundy" from "The Safe Crackers," Jim Perrin's able singing of "Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes" and "A Wandering Minstrel I," and the Trio, "If you go in," from "Iolanthe," make it worthwhile to arrive tonight for the first half of the fare...