Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That fall he went to Yale, where he rowed No. 7 on the frosh crew. Says Acheson, archly: "Those who row No. 7 say it is the most important place." He never put on enough weight to row on the varsity, but another old Groton boy and Yale oarsman, Averell Harriman, admiringly remembers the Dean of those days. Says Harriman, with the air of a man making a lasting character judgment: "He was a good...
Deported Fritz Kuhn, 52, prewar U.S. Bundesführer, had lost some weight, but still talked as big as ever. Appealing a ten-year rap as a major Nazi offender before a court in Munich, he bellowed that the Bund had been strictly "an American patriotic organization," had used the swastika only because it was "an old American Indian design," had patterned its uniforms after the U.S. National Guard rather than the SS. As to his 1944 meeting with Hitler: "Purely a social call. If I went to England today, I would naturally like to call on King George...
Howie Houston's pin in the heavy-weight class gave Harvard a 19 to 13 victory over the Brown wrestling team yesterday afternoon in Providence...
Brown is strong at 136, 145, and 155. Gray Michael, who usually competes at 136, has been making weight in order to meet Smith and may be surprised when he finds Smith at 136. If he still wrestles him, it should be one of the best fights...
...Crimson salvaged only four out of thirteen firsts. John Harrigan won the high jump, setting a new Cage record with a 6 feet, 7/8 inch leap; lacrosse captain Bob Forsyth took the 35-pound weight throw; Pat McCormick hit the yard first in the 60-yard high hurdles; and Dave Carter won the broad jump...