Word: races
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...German technicians. The object of these efforts would be to increase the Continent's nuclear power to the point where it could annihilate the U.S.S.R. Then the block would have won its freedom both from fear of Russia, and from dependence on the United States for protection. In a race of intelligence, the Continent, though a late-comer, can compete with no misgivings...
...there is a gentlemanly restraint that should appeal to the self-styled sophisticate. When the Crimson lost to Princeton near the end of the season, the defeat was the first after seven wins and three ties, and it seemed sure to knock the varsity out of the Ivy League race. Yet there were no tears, no recriminations, no vows of "we'll get 'em next week." The loss was accepted with the same equanimity that marked all the previous successes. In fact, the only time the squad allowed itself a display of emotion came after the Yale game, when...
With titles in tackle football and cross country, and second places in soccer and touch, Dunster House now leads the race for the Straus Trophy with 390 points. Eliot is second with 332 1/2, and Kirkland third with...
...excellent film out of The Mouse That Roared; Columbia pictures and Director Jack Arnold have made a good one. A frothy comedy about a diminutive principality in Alpine Europe--the Duchy of Grand Fenwick--the film is good satire on the American military, world diplomacy, and the arms race...
...testimony to the ruggedness of the small cars, there were no mechanical breakdowns. But the race was hard on the standard tires, particularly those on Chevy's five Corvairs, which had to slow down to make sure that they would finish. At the final flag, American Motors' Rambler was out in front averaging 55.5 m.p.h., with a Volkswagen second. A pair of Ford Falcons drove off with third and fourth, and two Corvairs had to settle for sixth and seventh...