Word: yardful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bush village of Bokouélé, the ancient Kani Eyobélé was dying, so he called his sons around him; the instructions he gave them were minute and terrifying. As soon as he died a calabash of palm wine was to be broken in the yard of his hut. Then in Eyobélé's open grave a white cockerel was to be beheaded and released. If the headless, fluttering bird flew out of the grave it was well: the dead man was on his way to the upper regions. But if the bird stayed...
...trouble started in the 50 yard freestyle--a traditional judge's headache. The machine picked Robin Moore of Stanford for first. Moore's three timers each caught him in 22.1. The place judges, however, said Rex Aubrey of Yale had won. Aubrey's three timers clocked him in 22.1, 22.2, and 22.3 respectively. The meet officials held their first of many hurried conferences and compromised. They declared a tie race, but gave Moore an Intercollegiate record for his 22.1, while crediting Aubrey with a 22.2. Forty-five minutes later, however, they decided that since the swimmers had tied, they must...
More troubles developed in the 100 yard backstroke event which pointed out the inadequacies of the conflicting systems. In the third qualifying heat, James Kruthers of Michigan touched out Bill Clinton of Yale for second place, but was credited with a 60.1 to Clinton's 60.0. In the second heat, Dave Pemberton of Northwestern also turned...
...individual events, Landau and Bruck will enter the 100-yard dash; Wills and Gillen, the mile; Reider, Norris, and Perry, the two mile; and Wharton and Cairns...
...team in the country--Yale being the fastest, of course. Ohio State has done a 3:26.9 using medley star Al Wiggins as Anchor man, but since Wiggins is expected to swim in other events, the Buckeyes may drop back. Iowa State has done 3:24 in a 20-yard pool, but over the 25 yard length this would be equivalent to about...