Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they were not afraid of expensive items so long as their money was going for quality and serviceability; in television sets, they largely ignored both the low-priced portables and super-priced sets with Chinese lacquer. Most stores expected a drop in dollar volume, but still anticipated a big and profitable Christmas rush...
...most damaging repercussion of all will be the sheer volume of people antagonized by the Bingham statement. Harold Stassen and the University of Pennsylvania are answering the alledged slur on their athletic purity. The Yale A. A. released a calm but firm reply to the statement that the Big Three contests didn't mean much any more. No doubt, Princeton, as the holder of the last three titles, will also take umbrage at this charge from the Big Three's cellar-dweller. Perhaps the rest of the Ivy League is perturbed by the fact that Harvard has announced its intention...
Laurence H. Tighe, acting athletic director at Yale, expressed surprise when told of Bingham's statements that "the Big Three no longer exists...
...Big Three Exists...
...Yale has not eliminated the Big Three," Tighe said. He added that he hoped it would continue "in fact as well as name, because it is a pleasant tradition." Tighe said he knew nothing about the Penn system of State Scholarships. "If we had to compete against proselyting, we just wouldn't compete...