Word: normans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...NORMAN T. VICK...
...Union, choosing as its emblem a map of Sicily with a cross planted on its southern tip -where St. Paul is said to have planted one 2,000 years ago. And from a thousand ancient balconies he appealed skillfully to the age-old Sicilian conviction that "foreigners"-whether Saracen, Norman or mainland Italian-have only one interest in Sicily: the amount of plunder they can take out of it. "They have called me a Trojan horse," croaked Milazzo in a campaign-frazzled voice. "But I am not that. I am a pure-blooded Sicilian horse, a noble animal...
...news of the autumn was of course the Presidential election. The country did not go along with Harvard, whose mock election saw Hoover swamp Roosevelt 1,741-620 in the University and 1,211-395 in the College. Roosevelt narrowly missed being beaten in the College election by Norman Thomas, who received only nine fewer votes. The CRIMSON, torn by dissension within the ranks, took no stand on the election, but predicted that the outcome would make very little difference in the long...
...Jockey Tommy Barrow, won by a nose in a driving finish. The $66,800 winner's share increased Hillsdale's lifetime earnings to $415,095, gave him first place in 1959 winnings with $270,250. ¶ In a dual track meet between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State at Norman, Okla., for the first time in college track history three vaulters cleared 15 ft. in the same event. Tied for first: Oklahoma State's Jim Graham and Aubrey Dooley (15 ft. 5 in.). Oklahoma's J. D. Martin, who vaulted...
...extending Saudi control over its output, even though most oilmen know that the big profits in oil are from producing, not from refining and marketing. Aramco also announced the election of Thomas Barger, 49, who was vice president and assistant to the president before, as president to succeed Norman Hardy, who was named board chairman. ¶ Avard E. Fuller. 42, was named president and chief executive officer of Fuller Brush Co., to succeed his older brother. Alfred Howard Fuller, 46, who was killed in a sports-car accident. Born in Hartford, Conn., home of Fuller Brush, Avard Fuller started...