Word: wrest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...money, so I joined up," he explained. "Kaipali Grammos" (Grammos once again), said one hardbitten, stunted little Greek soldier to a U.S. correspondent. Like many of his comrades, the soldier remembered last year's unsuccessful "Operation Coronet," in which the Greek army had tried and failed to wrest Grammos from the Communists. This time, Athens was confident that its troops had come to rugged Grammos to stay...
...gaining the anything near 60 points rests to a great extent on the Crimson weight men and javelin throwers. John Thorndyke, Howie Reed, and Larry Ward would have to sweep the hammer; Jeff Tootell and Don Trimble in the shot, and Tootell in the discus would have to wrest at least six points from Yale aces Jim Fuchs and Vic Frank; and Charlie Kelth and John Holbrook would have to win six or eight points in the javelin...
...victory over Governor Dummer, while a stone's throw away in the Stadium the Yardling trackmen opened their spring schedule by winning a triangle meet against Boston University and Boston College, 96 1/5, 62 4/5, 14. The freshman lacrosse team traveled to Northfield to wrest a 6 to 4 win from Mount Hermon...
...League, especially when some Brother organization is kind enough to give it a helping hand. Dolph Samborski's errant minions had to go all the way to Princeton, N. J., to win their first league contest, but they did it up handsomely, scoring twice in the ninth inning to wrest a 5 to 3 decision from the Tiger...
...Yale and Princeton in hopes of maintaining a hold on the Bowditch Cup. But the big regatta is on deck for the following weekend at Princeton in the Wright Cup competition where Cornell, Columbia, Penn, and M.I.T. as Well as the Elis and the Tigers, will be vying to wrest the trophy from Cambridge...