Word: touche
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reported that Communists had taken advantage of unemployment in the copra industry to incite the islanders. The movement, also called "Marching Rule" (Marxian Rule), was led by natives from Malaita Island, traditional headhunters who had been proselytized by Australian Communist servicemen. The Malaita agitators, according to Kuper, were in touch with a U.S.-organized Communist cell on Guadalcanal...
Swimming at Indoor Athletic Building (Advanced and beginners) 11:00, 11:45, 2:00, 2:30 with additional advanced classes at 12:30 and 2:30, Coaches Ulen, Brooks, and Kelly. Tennis at Soldiers Field Courts 11:00 to 5:00, Coaches Barnaby and Wynn. Touch football at Soldiers Field 3:00 to 5:00, Coaches Samborski; Track and Field at Soldiers 2:00 to 5:00, Coaches Mikkola and Flannigan...
...Rickey and his men scouted Robinson until they knew everything about him but what he dreamed at night. Jackie scored well on all counts. He did not smoke (his mother had asthma and cigaret fumes bothered her); he drank a quart of milk a day and didn't touch liquor; he rarely swore; he had a service record (as Army lieutenant in the 27th Cavalry) and two years of college (at U.C.L.A.). He had intelligence, patience and willingness. He was aware of the handicaps his race encounters, but he showed it not by truculence or bitterness...
...those who don't like to browse through the latest Italian periodicals but still prefer the Latin touch, there are three record machines with which to catch up on the latest cafe lyric and singers. One of the machines is even equipped with carphones for those personal discs...
...adition to increased gridiron activity, a full touch football league is planned, while cross country and track events will be also good for the three required credits per week. The status of tennis is still undecided, since the new courts on Soldiers Field are as yet incomplete, but Samborski expressed doubt early this week as to whether the playing surfaces would be ready...