Word: vaultingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity's Tom Blodgett was the only double winner. He tied Harvard indoor, Briggs Cage, and meet standards with a 13 ft., 6 in. effort in the pole vault, but this was perhaps not his most impressive feat. He also took the measure of Terrier Art Reed, the New England champion, in the hurdles, with a good time...
...depressing effects of the steel strike and industry's uncertainty about investing heavily in inventory before a settlement is reached. But the Federal Reserve Board also eased money to take care of the usual extra demands around Christmas by permitting member banks to count a percentage of their vault cash as reserves, thus in effect adding some $1.4 billion in lending power...
...first A-bomb was dropped. His solution for the museum, library and auditorium was typically Corbusian: a series of reinforced concrete structures set on stilts. But for the memorial itself Tange felt the need of something more evocative of Japan's past, decided on a massive concrete vault derived from the ancient Haniwa houses found in the burial mounds of early Japanese emperors. Under the shell is a simple stone block, beneath which the names of A-bomb victims are placed...
...There was also the Playback (questions had been asked in pre-game tests) and the Emergency (questions and answers were given the contestants, usually just before the show). "Emergencies" produced some Keystone Cops fiascos; often the fixer had to spring down to the celebrated bank vault, where the questions were held, quickly slip in the rigged question before air time...
Other Harvard performers excelled at Santry's international gathering, too. Joel Landau won the 220 June 16 with a 21.8 clocking around a turn. That evening Tom Blodgett cleared 13 feet to take the pole vault, John de Kiewiet went over 6ft., 1 in. for a win in the high jump, and Pat Lilies finished first in the broad jump with a leap of 21 ft., 10 1/2 in. Lilies also was second in the pole