Word: test
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...vital points, e.g.: abandonment of Asia to the Communists. Only if it failed would the second alternative be a choice, and it would be a Hobson's choice. The isolationists heard by the country last week were men who were ready to give up just as the great test was beginning...
Last week, after some early-season breathers, Kentucky faced its first big test from a University of Kansas team coached by Rupp's own onetime teacher, Phog Allen.* A record 13,000 fans filled Kentucky's new Memorial Coliseum to watch the duel between Kentucky's Spivey (rhymes with ivy) and Clyde Lovellette, the Kansas skyscraper (6 ft. 9 in.) who set a Big Seven record of 545 points in 25 games last year. Before the game Rupp warned reporters: "As Spivey goes, we go." Spivey went beautifully...
...test this conclusion, Swearingen himself sat in the aisle seat. When the window blew out, the inner seat rose in the air, spun around and tried to ram itself through the window. Swearingen's body jerked slightly as the air clawed at it. He insisted that he was in no danger, but other CAA men testified that "he couldn't light a cigarette for five minutes afterward...
...Committees considered both the Conant and Trytten plans before adopting a plan which mostly nearly approaches the latter. They asked first, that students who "pass" the intelligence test (to be worked out) be classified as 2A, and be allowed to continue school. Secondly, they stated that these students would have to get certificates saying that they are above a certain percentage (to be determined...
...mark the New York scene. Mary Chase's Harvey starts Thursday at the Astor, Broadway and 45th, James Stewart plays the lead role, as he did on Broadway for quite a spell. Another superb comedy returns to the Great White Way in movie form: Judy Holiday won a screen test derby to retain the part which made her famous on the stage in Born Yesterday. Broderick Crawford and William Holden have the supporting roles. The premiere is scheduled at the Victoria, Broadway and 46th, a week from today...