Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year. At that time, Jordan had Dan Ray, Don Louria, and Howie Houston, and these three men were largely responsible for Harvard's going undefeated in its first three matches. However, Ray and Louria were graduated at mid-term and this left a serious dent in Jordan's middle-weight strength. Harvard floundered through the rest of the season using various replacements at their weights and winning only two more matches...
Jordan's strength this year appears to center around the middle weights; the lightweight men may or may not come through; men in the light heavy and heavyweight divisions are wrestling out of their weight classes and it is hard to say how they will fare against stiff competition...
...Admitted that his reducing contest with Military Aide Harry Vaughan and Brigadier General Wallace Graham (TIME, Nov. 28) had ended in a draw: no one had lost any weight...
...Making OEEC, now mainly an advisory body, ECA's chosen instrument of integration, with clear responsibilities and enough political weight to compel member nations to abide by its decisions. One important step toward this goal: appointment of a strong OEEC secretary (possible candidates: Britain's Sir Oliver Franks, now ambassador to the U.S., and Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak, first President of the Assembly of the Council of Europe...
...sprayed 2,4-D, the chemical that kills "broad-leaved" plants while leaving grasses unharmed, did a fine job of killing sagebrush. The treatment costs a little more than $2 an acre and destroys as much as 90% of the pest. On de-brushed range, cattle gain 75% more weight per acre, and sell for twice as much as if they had to hunt grass among sagebrush...