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...warmer than usual (74°) and partly because the race had been shortened from 15 mi. to five, Swimmer Gambi not only finished but won, against 90 high-grade professionals, in the excellent time of 2 hr., 8 min., 55 sec. Hauled onto a float and wrapped in a towel, he shouted into a microphone: "I am happy to have won for Italy and Il Duce!" A crowd of 10,000 immediately stopped cheering and began to boo so loudly that the rest of Gambi's remarks about going back to Italy to join the army remained happily inaudible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Italian Windmill | 9/9/1935 | See Source »

This year there will be no tickets for separate buildings but the Participation ticket will admit the owner to all of the H.A.A. grounds. The locker and towel fee will remain an extra $4 and it will still be possible to pay 25 cents each time a student uses any athletic equipment instead of buying a $10 ticket...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PARTICIPATION TICKETS WILL BE $10 THIS YEAR | 9/1/1935 | See Source »

...events entered was high, having no competitor in the combined event, and only one in the cross country race curtailed the skiers' chances for a higher final pos- aimed a terrific blew at his head. As Zautra was about to throw up the sponge, his seconds threw in the towel they had had ready since the first of the bout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD GETS SEVENTH IN DARTMOUTH SKIING | 2/11/1935 | See Source »

...those men, who, not possessors of a Participation Ticket, desire to use Dillon Field House. This means, in effect that all men who go out for varsity football, track, soccer, lacrosse, baseball or any of the house activities purchase this ticket in addition to paying the locker and towel fee. At the same time, however, the H.A.A. continues to give Freshman full use of its facilities without charge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEPRESSION STRUCK | 10/3/1934 | See Source »

...tourists' ears that some Torgsin prices are still lower than current U. S. prices. Some prices: 1 lb. of chocolate caramels, 23?; 1 lb. of canned meat, 12?; ½ lb. of black caviar, $1.15; a cotton dress, from 68? to $3.20; a beret, 16?; wool mittens, 16?; a towel, 22?; a handkerchief, 3?; a pair of men's boots, $3.32; a frying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: 5-&-10 Kopeks | 4/23/1934 | See Source »

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