Word: allisons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tufts Arena Theatre (Medford): June 30-July 4, Ionesco's "The Lesson" and "Jack"; July 7-11, Goodrich and Hackett's "The Great Big Doorstep"; July 14-18, Glasgow's "Allison's House"; July 21-25, Bagnold's "The Chalk Garden"; July 28-August 1, Ugo Betti's "The Burnt Flowerbed"; August 4-8, Giraudoux' "The Enchanted...
York and Newport luxury. A gangling, tree-tall adolescent with a huge head topped by unruly red hair, Alec inevitably got the nickname "Pin," learned to play tennis well enough to reach the quarterfinals of the Newport Invitational when he was 16. He prepared for the match (against Wilmer Allison) by drinking till dawn, then amazed himself by taking a 4-1 lead in the second set. At this point his hangover caught up with him. Says Cushing: "I had a total blackout. When I tried to throw the ball up for service, I almost went flat on my face...
...heavy for its Navy-specified Westinghouse engine (in itself a problem child), and turned into a $265 million fiasco for the Navy (TIME, Nov. 7, 1955). The setback would have crippled many companies, but McDonnell kept arguing that the plane was basically sound, proved it with a more powerful Allison J-71 engine which made the Demon so hot that the Navy eventually boosted its orders to $450 million...
...TURBINE ENGINES will be sold by G.M.'s Allison Division for testing in trucks. Two of the biggest problems, high cost and fuel consumption, are almost whipped. Allison says high-power gas turbines now can be mass-produced "at a price no higher than for equivalent" gasoline or diesel engines, and that a big power plant, e.g., 500 h.p., turbine costs less to operate...
...Allison Park...