Word: challengee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The issue was as clear cut as any Republican could wish. It was the Fair Deal and its welfare state. The Republicans' John Foster Dulles did not say "yes, but-" or hint he could do it better; he declared bluntly that the Fair Deal was "statism," and he was...
¶ Voters in Virginia and Texas put another dent in the rusty Southern argument that civil rights could best be guaranteed by letting the states do their own housecleaning. Virginia's proposal to repeal the poll tax was defeated by a majority of nearly four to one. But many...
"Is Dean Hutchins in?" he asked. "I'm Hutchins," replied the young man in flannels. "Come in and tell me what you know about the law of evidence." From that meeting on, Philosopher Mortimer Adler was to learn a lot about the dean-and so was the rest of...
On the fourth night, Carabineros Captain Oscar Cristi of Chile finally broke Mexico's winning streak. He finished the twisting, eleven-jump course in 37 seconds. 2.9 seconds less than Colonel Mariles' time, and copped the West Point Challenge Trophy. Two nights later, Captain Michael Tubridy, of the...
Their youngest teammate, 18-year-old Lieut. Joaquin D'Harcourt had yet to win an individual victory at the Garden. His chance came in the jump-off for the International Military Special Challenge Trophy, when two Chileans faulted. That left only four competitors for the trophy-all members of...