Word: upper
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Continuing their fast rise to the upper brackets of the loop's standing, the Dormitory team took Lowell's measure with a show of snappy skating and accurate shooting that has featured out-of-house play throughout the current season. Benshimol, leader of the winning drive, pulled the old hat trick and pushed three shots into the Bellboy's net, while Holcomb and Morgan finished the job of subduing the aggresive Lowell squad...
...attacking Italy, he argues, the Allies would force the Axis in Europe to fight on two fronts; by capturing Italy, the Allies would control the Mediterranean and Africa, open the back door to the center of Germany, catch Hitler "between the upper and nether millstones of British-and Italian-based American sea power." The United Nations could then move on Japan with land-based armies through Russia and China...
...many an admiring U.S. naval officer, Admiral Helfrich believed that the risks would be justified, that warships were built to be risked and perhaps lost. But higher orders kept the combined Dutch and U.S. Fleets from the offensive until the Japs were firmly based in the northern Celebes and upper Borneo, were on the way down the Strait of Macassar...
Anyone who came away from last weekend's game with the Blue, left with the opinion that Harvard had outplayed but not outscored Yale. For at least two thirds of the game the Crimson held the upper hand, yielding only at the end when all-out efforts to break a 2 to 2 deadlock backfired and gave the Elis an easy goal...
Simultaneous with the Varsity match, the Freshmen Crimson and Blue will toss brawn against brawn on an adjoining mat. Here the home eight is given an upper edge, especially since injured Frank French will be back at his heavyweight post after a month's respite...