Word: took
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Flying Boxcars" with their wings and tails painted fire-engine red (for easy spotting in case of forced landings on snow) labored into the air at Fallen, Nev., heavy with bales of alfalfa hay. They rumbled over the mountains to a field at Ely, landed, picked up guides and took off again for mountain valleys...
Henry Foster's climb to the top position in November was little short of spectacular. Moving up from last year's freshman team, Henry proceeded to beat out every veteran on the varsity and took over the number one spot vacated by Adam...
Graham Taylor and John Hart took seventh and ninth, respectively, at Lebanon, New Hampshire, Sunday in the state cross country and jumping championships. This Sunday the team will enter the annual Gibson Trophy slalom race at North Conway, New Hampshire...
...deciding to toss in his lot with the independent film producers (S.I.M.P.P.). He announced that he was quitting the two trade associations of the major studios (M.P.A.A. and A.M.P.P.), because "there must be a return to real free enterprise in our industry." Dapper Eric Johnston, who heads them both, took a deep breath and fired...
March 31, 1945. "For many it was too much altogether . . . When they saw the white Red Cross busses [which they took to mean liberation] they collapsed and died-literally...