Word: fells
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Salle came forward with a well-timed proposal for a 30-day price freeze to let OPS study the price situation. Valentine vetoed it. With that slight push Economic Stabilizer Valentine fell and Price Boss Di Salle's promoter, Eric Johnston, moved in. It was Di Salles first fight in Washington, and he came of it without a bead of sweat on his brow. He let nothing ruffle him. "You know how it is here," he said. "We get a crisis every 20 minutes. But the thing that makes it bearable is this...
...fire whanged in all directions, and the surrounding woodland was magically garnished by endless streamers of colored paper. Frank didn't know what to think. Not until hours later did he learn that the wandering crow had lured him to the plant of the Barnabas Fireworks Co. He fell backwards off the log into the mud, fled across the creek, dropped his rifle, yanked off his shoes, dived into the Hackensack River and swam it like a beaver heading for a woodyard. As he emerged dripping, on the other side, he thought, dazedly, that he ought to call...
...actual Turks on shore made a great racket sawing wood, banging with hammers and clunking empty oil drums together. In their enthusiasm, several Turks fell into the river. Although they failed to draw enemy fire from the opposite bank, the Turks, who take soldiering seriously, refused to admit that the byplay had been sport. Said their commander, Captain Nihw Evren: "The men understood that what they did was as important as the actual crossing. They were as agitated as if it had been...
Graham Taylor, coach of the ski team, broke his leg Saturday when he fell while competing in the Eastern Open downhill championship ski race at Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire. Taylor was the lone Crimson entry in the group of 63 skiers competing on the Mt. Wildeat trail. The first three racers broke the previous trail record by at least one second...
...Brawner of Princeton fell far short of his world and intercollegiate records, but he won the 200-yard breaststroke easily in 2:22.4. Aaron Kurtzman of Seton Hall was a surprise second place finisher. Frank Bruch of Dartmouth bulled his way into third, ahead of Elis Bill Osborne and Stan Smith...