Word: talents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Elis captured the last event with some previously concealed freestyle talent, beating out a strong Bellboy four some of Killoran, Dave Poskanzer, Al Weatherhead, and Pem Hart...
Last week, largely because of his treatise, Dwight Taylor was in Washington, D.C.-one of 40 fledgling scientists chosen from high schools all over the U.S. in the Westinghouse Electric Corp.'s seven-year-old annual "Science Talent Search." To begin with, there had been 16,218 bright young juniors like Dwight, but successive screenings and aptitude tests soon cut the number down to 2,842, then to the 40 who got the trip to the capital...
...really begin. "The day is over," he sighs sadly, "when you could take some of your opposition for granted." This year's difficulties begin right at home, with a triangular race against M.I.T. and B.U. on April 23. Tech, which was no pushover last year, has been reinforced by talent from a very strong Freshman boat, and B.U. only in its second year of rowing, is also on the upgrade...
Inter-House competition was more spirited. Tussles in the 145-, 155-, 175- pound, and unlimited classes made up in vitality what they lacked in talent...
...President Niles Trammell had a job of explaining to do. In recent months, CBS had charmed away five of his top attractions (Jack Benny, Amos 'n' Andy, Red Skelton, Frank Sinatra, Edgar Bergen), beat him to a big sixth (Bing Crosby). NBC had lost talent to Columbia before, but never in such great clumps. The network's 164 affiliated stations were uneasy and fidgety...