Word: berths
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After the first frantic days, matters began to improve; the mammoth jam on the island's edge was eased as drivers learned to give the whole area a wide berth during critical hours. And at the better shops, plenty of wealthy clients were still showing up by cab (sniffed Gucci's sales manager: "A woman who wants a Gucci bag is not going to settle for something at her neighborhood store."). But by then, the uproar from the small shopkeepers was too loud to go unnoticed at city hall. Caving in, Traffic Commissioner Pala first reopened almost half...
...ships at a time have been diverted to Japan, Okinawa and the Philippines to await docking space in Viet Nam; hundreds more have been held up in U.S. West Coast ports. Vital war materiel has no priority over commercial cargoes. An ammunition ship recently waited 23 days for a berth in Saigon, whose port facilities are hardly a match for those of Castine, Me. Viet Nam critically lacks warehouse space and distribution facilities. Last week 9,000,000 cans of beer and soft drinks were stacked up on Saigon's wharves...
...Crimson with five interceptions this season, was selected for first-team honors on the All-East defensive team. He was one of five Ivy Leaguers named to that team. Diamond, elected to the second-team offense, was the only other Crimson player to gain an All-East berth...
...Jimmy Brown rolling up 1,446 yds., the Browns edged out St. Louis for the Eastern Conference title; in the championship playoff Brown gained 114 yds., and Cleveland demolished favored (by seven points) Baltimore, 27-0. Last week the Browns took a long step toward their second straight playoff berth, as Jimmy presided over a 34-21 defeat of the third-place New York Giants. Cleveland's defense was not anything to brag about-it did not have to be. Not the way Butcher Brown was slicing up New York...
Baker also captained the freshman track team and was unbeaten at two miles. He came on strong at the end of the spring to capture a berth as a miler on the Harvard-Yale team. Against Oxford-Cambridge last June 22, Baker surprised everybody by running a 4:12 mile, finishing second to Oxford's Martin Henderson...