Word: bill
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exact the servant's tribute. Komsomolskaya Pravda told of barbers who "scalp" non-tippers to show them up as "cheapskates," and Izvestia reports that, since barbers share in the gross, half the barbers' income now comes from spraying overpriced Eau de Cologne on customers, thus raising their bill for a 2-ruble haircut to 10 rubles. Soviet Culture printed a cloakroom attendant's confession that on a good cold night he took in as much as $20 in tips...
Seldom in the history of basketball had so much interest been generated in a man-to-man battle. Each is tall as a ceiling, agile as a mongoose. Boston's Bill Russell (6 ft. 10 in., 220 lbs.) has faster reactions and more experience, is going into his fourth season with the champion Celtics. To challenge Russell's franchise among the best of the tree-tall pros, the Philadelphia Warriors' Wilt-the-Stilt Chamberlain offers 7 ft. 2 in., 250 coordinated pounds, and a broad repertory of shots: dunks, long one-handers, a soft, fadeaway jump...
...Boston, quiet Bill Russell practiced his weak shooting eye, said nothing, and waited for the big day when the Warriors came to town. Last weekend in the Boston Garden, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain met for their first official contest in the N.B.A...
Larry Ekpebu and Dick McIntosh at wing, John Mudd and John Hedreen at inside, Marsh McCall and Bill Rapp at halfback, and Lanny Keyes and Tim Morgan at fullback will complete the starting eleven...
...part of tailbacks Carroll Lowenstein and Dick Clasby, wing-back Bob Cowles, and fullback John Culver. But Brown roared back; with two minutes to play, the score was 27 to 20, and the Bruins had a first down on the Harvard six. The Crimson line, anchored by guard Bill Meigs, held on for the triumph...