Word: vaulting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...coalition Government formed under Risto Ryti met in a vault under the National Bank, of which he is president, prepared to withdraw to Vaasa on the west coast when Helsinki became unlivable. The U. S. Legation withdrew to Grankulla, down the Gulf coast to the west. Departing householders were asked to water their homes inside and out before leaving, to form ice insulation against incendiary bombs...
...lone Crimson first-place winner was Howie Mondel, who tossed the 16-pound shot 47 ft. 11 in. to establish a new meet record. The other two American firsts were provided by Jay Shields and Tom Lussen of Yale in the 120-yard high hurdles and pole vault, respectively...
Four of these second-place winners were Crimson athletes. Don Donahue got a second in the 220-yard low hurdles, George Downing in the shot put, Fred MacIsaac in the pole vault, and Bob Partlow in the broad jump...
...championship in the shot put, broad jump and discus three years in a row, he has cleared the high jump at 6 ft. 5 ¾ in., has run 100 yd. in 10.1 sec., 440 yd. in 55 sec. If he can brush up on the pole vault, javelin, high hurdles and the 1,500-meter run, he may be America's best bet for the 1940 Decathlon championship...
...mass suggested by the main rural exposition building at Brno, Czecho-Slovakia, St. Austin's was designed as a simple parabolic vault with the parish house springing out at right angles from the apse. As simple and logical inside as out, the church's altar of native Kasota stone is focused by radiating rustication. The auditorium's only gadget is useful: a glass enclosed gallery where mothers may sit with infants likely to cry. Dedicated three weeks ago, St. Austin's design has done nothing but please its congregation...