Word: triangular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hoped to have Harvard join in the Princeton-Yale dual meet, but, since only men who place in the Eli races and field events get major "H's", this plan was ruled out; a triangular meet cut down the number of entries from each college, and the percentage of each team that places...
Starting with the annual Triangular Regatta between Harvard, Brown, and M.I.T. on the Seekonk River on April 12, the Harvard Yacht Club plans to enter most of the races sponsored by the association this spring, which, incidentally, is holding its annual meeting at Cambridge on Saturday...
Yale has defeated Rutgers 15 to 12, Princeton 14 to 13, placed first in a triangular meet with Brown and M. I. T., and lost to Brown in a dual meet 14 to 13. The Crimson, on the other hand, defeated Brown 14 to 13, took Amherst 17 1/2 to 9 1/2, but lost to M. I. T. The team has shown steady improvement throughout the season...
...Army last week announced that it was turning its last remaining "square" divisions into "triangular" divisions. In plain English, a "square" division is made up basically of four infantry regiments (hence "square") combined in two brigades, and three regiments of artillery combined in one brigade. A "triangular" division is made up of three infantry regiments (hence "triangular"), helped along by four battalions of artillery. Triangular divisions have fewer men (some 15,000) than squares (some 20,000), but they are more heavily armed, more mobile, much more highly mechanized...
Earlier this winter, the team has beaten Army and Princeton in a triangular meet, as well as knocking off the Elis. Hopes for an undefeated season rest on Don MacKinnon and Ted Bauer in the hurdles, Tom Holyoke in the broad jump, Don McCaul, Fred Phinney, Tim Coggeshall in the two-mile, Johnny Bunker in the high jump, and the mile and two-mile relay teams...