Word: zone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bedecked with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls and gold that its form is barely discernible and the surplus treasure has to be kept in a safe behind the altar. And there are homemade Nativities like the tiny Krippe (crib) found two years ago by a traveler in the Soviet Zone of Germany-a worn and tired-looking peasant Virgin watched by a tattered Joseph and two miners in blue overalls...
...West Pointer ('18) Clay, 62, carried out one of the biggest logistical jobs in history as director of materiel in the Army Service Forces in World War II. After war's end, as commander in chief of U.S. forces in Europe and Military Governor of the U.S. Zone, he directed the reordering and rebuilding of a major segment of Germany, and fought the Russian blockade of Berlin. Since he joined Continental in 1950, he has used the lessons of his military engineer's career to triple Continental's sales (to $1.1 billion) and earnings...
...expected, Husky guards Mike Dvorchak and Dick Brown led their scoring with 15 apiece. The Crimson's Bryant Danner, playing center in a zone defense, successfully checked the opponent's forward line...
With the first team playing only 10:11 of the opening period and 4:41 of the second half, ten varsity performers were in on the scoring. The Crimson consistently out-rebounded M.I.T., and the varsity's zone defense was impenetrable...
After 11 minutes in the opening period, Wesleyan held a 20-11 lead. The Cardinals had little difficulty in breaking through the varsity's man-for-man defense, and the Crimson offense was stymied by the Wesleyan zone. Even when the varsity shifted to a zone defense, the Cardinals still scored almost at will, and ran their lead to 27 to 17 before the Crimson put on an aggressive zone press...