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...four minute rule which allows players taken out in a half to reenter in the last four minutes of the same half. Instead, a player who starts a quarter would be permitted to leave and reenter once during that period. Players would then be able to get a breather, and specialists, such as conversion kickers, could be used...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Will Consider Minor Rule Changes | 1/11/1955 | See Source »

...spending and enormous building activity have largely offset the usual [bearish] effects of low sunspot activity." Nobody thought that stock prices would go up forever. In fact, Wall Streeters were looking for a good-sized "technical" reaction-simply because the market had gone up so fast with hardly a breather. But no one thought that it had reached its peak. Just as Americans had become accustomed to;-an evergrowing economy, there was no reason why stock prices, which lagged for so many years, should not finally get in step with the growth of the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: BUSINESS IN 1954 | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

...Massachusetts team is undeniably "up" for this game. The players know they are reaching out of their class athletically, and are determined to be more than a breather on the Crimson schedule. As one of them put it last week: "Harvard Stadium is the Rose Bowl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Redmen from U. of Mass. Seek Major Upset in Stadium, Relying on Strong Passing Attack, Heavy Line, and Depth | 10/2/1954 | See Source »

...stock market also took a breather. The Dow-Jones industrial index closed the week at 339.96. off 1¼ points from the previous week-the first time in a month that it was down for the week. But aircraft stocks were helped along by the Air Force decision to sign contracts for $1 billion worth of new planes in the next four months-many climbed to their bull-market peaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: The Recession Is Over | 7/26/1954 | See Source »

...During a breather between her official duties Luz Banzon Magsaysay, pretty wife of Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay, was pictured cool and carefree in Manila...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 5, 1954 | 7/5/1954 | See Source »

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