Word: twelfths
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...took the Derby (1¼ miles). Horsemen conceded him the shorter Preakness (1 3/16 miles) but are now murmuring that he will fade in a race as long as the Belmont (1½ miles). Not Johnny Campo. He has no doubt that Pleasant Colony will become history's twelfth Triple Crown winner. The rapid-fire, near-shout Noo Yawk accent softens only when he speaks of his colt: "He really is a good horse, this horse. Ahh, such a good horse...
...Judge William Hungate to require the state of Missouri to pay college tuition for pupils who voluntarily transfer to increase integration: one semester of free college education at any of Missouri's 30 public campuses in return for each year of participation in the program from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Says Craig Crenshaw, the Justice Department attorney who originally thought up the idea: "It's a tremendous carrot." The head of the St. Louis chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Dr. James A. De Clue, agreed. Said he: "We are totally in favor...
...commander of the U.S. First Army, the historic Normandy invasion. In 1945, after the Allies' near defeat at the Battle of the Bulge, Bradley led the sweep across the Rhine and the meeting of U.S. and Soviet troops at the Elbe. He was by then commander of the Twelfth Army Group, a mass of 1.3 million troops that formed the largest American force ever united under one man's command...
...Democratic movement was being dismissed only weeks ago by both Labor regulars and Tories as a press creation and a fruitless exercise by a few elitists, no one is laughing now at what the party might achieve. Labor's leader, Michael Foot, pleaded with the defectors "until the twelfth hour" not to leave the party, but the appeal came too late. The Tories are equally fearful that some of their own restive dissidents may find their way to the Social Democrats. Conservative Party Chairman Lord Thorneycroft last week issued a letter asking Tories to stick with their party despite...
...most outstanding swim of the night for the Crimson came from sophomore Maureen Gildea. Swimming as the twelfth seed in the 500-yd. freestyle, Gildea overpowered the consolation heat, to knock eight seconds off her time and finish with the seventh fastest time...