Word: bertrams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...omens seemed far from favorable. "A situation exists that could lead to a strike," said Bertram A. Powers, 42, the stubborn Irishman whose printers triggered the 114-day strike against Manhattan newspapers two winters ago. Now the printers and publishers are negotiating once more, and "deadlock" was Powers' word to describe the situation. With that, he flew to Colorado Springs to carry the gloomy tidings to International Typographical Union President Elmer Brown...
...most common reaction was echoed by the girl on bells at Bertram Hall. "I don't have any real feeling one way or the other, but yesterday morning at breakfast I heard a good number of outraged cries. This surprised me because I didn't think Radcliffe girls were like that...
Next day, with 46 Republicans joining 35 Democrats, the assembly elected Wagner Man Travia as speaker. Again there were shouts of protest. Complained Brooklyn Democrat Bertram Podell: "He had the votes right in his pocket-the fellow down in city hall. It's a disgrace." Shouted another: "What you Republicans are doing is evil! It's wrong! It's immoral!" When Travia ascended to the speaker's rostrum, many anti-Wagner Democrats turned their backs on him; his main rival, Brooklyn's Stanley Steingut, stalked out without pausing to offer congratulations...
...still more delicate sealing-off operation, Tufts University's Dr. Bertram Selverstone opens the skull of a patient who has an aneurysm on a brain artery. To seal or prevent a rupture, he sprays the artery with a plastic mixture which gives it a dry, thin coating like Saran wrap. Then Dr. Selverstone sprays on a second coat, using a new, quick-setting epoxy resin. The double coat has the desired toughness. And more than 100 patients are living with blowout patches in their brains...
...mysterious flying object--or objects--were sighted in the air about 100 feet above Bertram Hall last night. According to the reports of numerous phone calls to the CRIMSON, the object was yellowish, with a clear outline of oval "or egg shape, you might even say saucer shape...