Word: winners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...before adjourning for the week Congress settled one extracurricular issue when Representative Fred Bradley, from Michigan's smelt-fishing eleventh district, revived the prewar fish-gulping contest. The winner: Ohio's 250-lb. Representative Clarence Brown, who unseated Former Champion Jesse Wolcott of Michigan. His performance: a claimed total of 51 fried smelts (20-odd by newsmen's count...
...Oscar-Winner Olivia de Havilland told an interviewer that she had been reading a lot of books between scripts and had made a discovery: "It's the adjectives that count...
...trip had its rewards. Taking two firsts, two seconds and a third, Lehigh won the title from Navy, winner for four years straight. The Engineers' heroes were Pilgrim McRaven, an ex-G.I. who won the 121-lb. class, and Ed Erikson, who pinned his man in the 165-lb. finals with a half nelson and a body press...
...Winter Champions Sport Winner Won Lost Basketball Lowell 12 3 Squash Adams 44 16 Swimming Lowell 7 0 Wrestling Winthrop 16 points Volleyball season unfinished Fencing tournament next week
Hiram II. "Chuck" Hoelzer '49, of Leverett House and New York City, was elected to lead the Varsity swimmers next winter. Hoelzer, number one breast stroker in the 200-yard event, has been a consistent winner all season. He came from behind in a thrilling finish to win against Yale, and is a probable entry in the Eastern Intercollegiate meet this weekend...