Word: toms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Orator. His father, a big, kindly, stoop-shouldered man, was a druggist who became a Democrat in Republican South Dakota when he heard William Jennings Bryan speak. By the time young Hubert was seven, his father was already reading Tom Paine and the life of Jefferson to him. Before he was out of grammar school, Hubert Jr. went along to Democratic rallies and conventions, saw his father become first alderman, then mayor of Doland...
...romantics who believe in the lost continent of Atlantis. It seems that the continent can be found this year somewhere near the Sahara Desert, within easy camel lope of a Foreign Legion post. Atlantis turns out to be populated by a carefree tribe whose principal activities are beating the tom-tom, drinking large quantities of a potent juice called arrack, and ogling the dancing girls. In their more solemn moments, they sometimes pause to embalm unwelcome visitors in molten gold...
...Tom Drohan, in his last appearance in Harvard athletics, took a handy first place in the dive. Amassing 91 points in his New York showing, Drohan was followed by teammate Gordon Weir who was making his first start...
...Norris will swim his specialty, the quarter-mile, during the day's festivities. He looks certain to win. In the dive, Gordon Weir will back Tom Drohan, who will be making his last appearance for Harvard. For the 400-yard freestyle relay, a quartet will be placed together out of Shop Brown, Mort Hull, Bill MacVicar, Bob Burke, Bob Lang, and Art Sicular...
Larry Ward and Chuck Hoelzer are scheduled for the breaststroke, and Tom Woods and John Steinhardt will fill the backstroke slots...