Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West Virginia's Storer College) seriously thought of quitting. Then he began to hear the voice of the people, and found himself regarded as a hero. Shrewdly he called a general election, selflessly offered the British Colonial Office all his shares in the African Continental Bank (the Colonial Office politely declined), and hit the stump. While tireless British colonial officials went into the jungle to persuade 3,000,000 eligible voters to register, and to show them how to cast their ballots, whispers went forth that the tribunal had been an "imperialist plot" to discredit the Nigerian nationalist movement...
...Territorial Enterprise Virginia City...
...panel with Fairless: University of Virginia's President Colgate W. Darden Jr., onetime governor of Virginia; United Mine Workers' President John L. Lewis; New York Herald Tribune's Chairman Whitelaw Reid; Bank of America's Chairman Jesse W. Tapp; Procter & Gamble Co.'s Chairman Richard R. Deupree; American Machine & Foundry Co.'s Vice Chairman Walter Bedell Smith, Ike's wartime chief of staff...
Harvard debaters won the Northern Division of the North-South Debate Tournament held last weekend at the University of West Virginia...
...sophomore, he is more than a match for the gangling giants he plays against. With his twisting one-hand jump shot Don easily earned the Most Valuable Player award at this winter's Orange Bowl tournament, almost alone has boosted Pitt to a 13-9 record. Virginia University's hustling Rodney ("Hot Rod") Hundley is a 6-ft.-4-in. reformed court clown who has slow-Jy learned to keep his comedy talents from interfering with his skill at playing basketball. Hot Rod, when he puts his mind to it, can do anything-dribble, shoot, pass...