Dick Durrance arrived in town as Aspen Mountain’s third general manager in 1947. Durrance was America’s most accomplished skier at the time, having notched the highest-ever finish for an American when ...
The United States finally has an opportunity to showcase its newest generation of soccer players to fans around the globe at the World Cup 2022. To date, the pieces of an 11-man puzzle never quite ...
Two new nations -- Israel and Indonesia -- have taken their places among the states of the world in the 1950 edition of this standard political reference book. Two more important areas of the world -- ...
World Series champion: New York Yankees. NL MVP: Jim Konstanty, Philadephia. AL MVP: Phil Rizzuto, New York. Notable rookies in 1950: Joe Adcock, Gus Bell, Whitey ...
Empirical investigations of the role of human capital require accurate measures across countries and over time. This column describes a new dataset on educational attainment for 146 countries at ...
Funny Face served as a precursor to this shift in sensibility and sensitivity. The girl next door was about to let her hair down. She was going to be unleashed and a little sexed up. The 1956 musical, ...
India, the second most populous nation with over 1.3 billion people, the biggest democracy on earth and heavyweights of crickets and hockey have never been to a football World Cup. Like China, India - ...
DOHA, Qatar - The United States frustrated England in a 0-0 draw on Friday for its second consecutive tie in the World Cup. The result might not match the U.S.’ famous 1-0 win from the 1950 tournament ...