Word: winter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...third spell in the Atlantic--following up anti-sub action--and then an inspection tour of the French and Italian beach-heads occupied Morison in the winter of '44-'45, and then back to the Pacific. He arrived too late for Iwo Jima but on time to take in the action at Okinawa, on the battleship USS Tennessee. While he was on that ship, a kamikaze pilot provided him with his closest brush with death, narrowly missing him, Admiral Deyo, and Captain Heffernan on the suicidal plunge. After visiting the Phillipines, Morison planned to participate in the long-awaited Kyushu...
After an excellent winter season in which he set an official national freshman record of 55 ft., 1 1/2 in in the 35-lb. weight, Bailey will turn his attentions to the hammer throw, where he again has record-breaking potential. He is already out-throwing everyone on the varsity with heaves around 170 ft., and he should improve with experience...
...team's jack-of-all trades is Beckwith, who excels in the high jump, broad jump, and both hurdle races. Hampered by a muscle pull during most of the winter, he should return to form this spring...
...over the winter, the Giants took on new strength while their chief rivals sagged. Milwaukee's second baseman and sparkplug Red Schoendienst, recovering from tuberculosis, will be out of play all season, and the Braves looked unimpressive as they dropped 15 of their first 21 spring training exhibitions. Pittsburgh's second-place Pirates gave up power that they could ill afford to lose when they traded Slugger Frank Thomas to the Cincinnati Reds. In the winter trading, the Giants picked up two established starting pitchers: Jack Sanford, 29, who won 19 games for Philadelphia two years...
Though Bland had never been in a lacrosse goal before last week, he performed well as hockey goalie this winter. He has the necessary reflexes...