Word: black
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tell me, zebra," said the conductor, "are you a black animal with white stripes or a white animal with black stripes...
...most noteworthy of the ancients braving the elements during the approaching months is a determined, if frail-looking black two-door Ford sedan of 1921 vintage, which belongs to John D. Little '51, of Eliot House. According to Little, this automobile is very similar to the first sedan ever made by Henry Ford...
More successful Rolls owners are Steven B. Sharp '52 (lower picture) and his bother Rodman '51. Their sleek black 1930 convertible with red trimmings boasts chromium-plated cylinder walls, a silver-nicked radiator, an aluminum body, overhead values, an automatic lubrication system, two ignition systems, two carburetors, and a spare gas tank. A wheel can be changed in less than a minute. Its only failures, according to the Sharps, are "the lack of a built-in machine-gun turret and the inordinate amount of gas it consumes...
Nathan P. Carleton '51. one of many owners of 1929 Model A Fords, admits his plain black job "doesn't have much character; it's just a darn good car." Lacking the rustic qualities of a Model T or the urbane class of a Rolls, the car amazed its owner recently by apparently running 10 miles on an empty gas tank and coming to a dead stop before a gas station...
...weight throw will see BU's Irving Black and James Lang pitted against Crimson captain Geoff Tootell and Dick Rubin. BU's entries have both thrown farther than Tootell or Rubin, but were beaten by both these men in a weight throwing meet held here last week...