Word: 11th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...where Jesus may actually have been born is the center and model of numberless Nativity scenes all over the world. Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox or sectarian, there are crèches today almost everywhere there are Christians. There are Nativities as sumptuous as the presepio (manger) in Rome's 11th century Church of Ara Coeli (Altar of Heaven) on Capitoline Hill, with its Christ child-legendarily carved by St. Luke himself-so bedecked with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls and gold that its form is barely discernible and the surplus treasure has to be kept in a safe behind the altar...
...points, won the team title with virtually the same lineup that captured the crown a year ago. Dick Greene took first in the first time of 24:42. John Jones and Lynn Bender filled the fifth and sixth spots, followed by Howie Roberts in eighth and Gene Wilson in 11th...
Still, the Tigers made a better showing than the varsity. Only Mark Mullin really came through for the Crimson, and even he finished sixth, in the time of 25:41. Ralph Perry and Jack Benjamin did fairly well, taking ninth and 10th, and Wes Hildreth came in 11th. Captain Eddie Martin, fighting the effects of a persistent heel ailment, could do no better than 14th, but at least he entered the official scoring for the first time this season...
Greg Baldwin, Jack Benjamin, and Ralph Perry completed the varsity's scoring by finishing sixth, eighth, and ninth, respectively. Bob Knapp and Wes Hildreth, the Crimson's last two official competitors, took 11th and 12th, followed by Don Kirkland and Dick Slansky in 13th and 14th...
...Roman arenas, ivory and African gold flowed through Leptis Magna into the civilized world, until the harbor silted up. Marauding Vandals sacked the city. Then, in A.D. 523 Berber raiders depopulated it. Sand crept in and swelled through the streets,, clogged the ancient irrigation system. By the 11th century Leptis Magna was utterly buried, forgotten...