Word: test
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...brother, Duke, was admitted two years ago, has been living happily in the Melbourne suburb of Saint Kilda with his wife and two children. At Colombo two weeks ago, John Trench-Thiedemann was one of a mixed-blood deputation which waited on Spender, to ask that Australia limit the test for Eurasians to proof of their descent, without requiring "predominantly European features." Spender promised to see what could be done...
...toughest problems in modern high-speed flying is how to help the pilot bail out alive. A secondary problem is how to test new escape devices. Pilots are understandably reluctant to trust their lives to untried gadgets, and when a pilot does bail out of a single-place fighter, the airplane at least is sure to be lost...
Promptly the Rev. James W. Fifield of Los Angeles' 4,200-member First Congregational Church (largest Congregational church in the U.S.) organized a fight against the council's ruling. As a test, the Cadman Memorial Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. filed suit, and for 23 court days and 3,000 pages of testimony Justice Stein brink listened to the subdued wrangling of ministerial witnesses...
Neither of these teams has provided a real test and Harvard is not likely to run into stiff opposition until late this month. BU (next Wednesday) as comparatively weak and Brown's showing against Army would give Harvard the edge at West Point next Saturday. After that come Columbia, Princeton, and Yale. The Crimson has a good chance of going to Princeton undefeated...
Kozol and Abboud have profited immensely from their last year's experience. The latter, especially, is more aggressive, more sharp. Smith, who can compete anywhere from 136 to 155, has not been put to any severe test this season and as a result hasn't fully realized his potentialities. Jordan is counting on him for some of the exhibitions that made him an outstanding wrestler, and a fine showman, last year. Clafin is a dependable light-heavy; he seldom pins but he usually wins. Sawyer is an exceptional competitor and it will take a good man to beat...