Word: bub
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...newcomers name their craft for women (Miss Sal, Lulu, Shady Lady), men (Jim Jam, Little Bub, Crafty Chris), in memeriam (Last Cent, Mama's Mink, Overtime), music (Rock 'n' Roll, Intermezzo), the sea (Blue Water, Sea Legs); little boats get little names (Yap Yap, Pixie); big ones get big names (Delphine, Trident, Chanticleer); and many are just hopefully witty (Tireless, Tubeless, Yacht-Ta-Ta). They doll up their boats with color TV sets, love to rig up the latest mariner's aids-radar, sounding devices, ship's-bell clocks, ship-to-shore telephones (more than...
...least of these will be Harry Levin, the Terriers' net-tender. B.U. coach Harry Cleverly considers Levin a "great goalie" and he has already turned into fine performances against both Northeastern and Brown. While the Terrier's starting lineup is still not definite, Tony Cicoria and Bub Dubis will probably start at defense, while Larry Creighton, Sarge Kimlin, and Jack Karruthers will make up the first line. Levin will almost certainly start in goal...
...idiot boy Bub Quigley frightens and revolts Amy with his drooling and twig-chewing. In a sudden funk over the death of a cow, Amy herself races crazily through the bush one night and has a miscarriage...
...three, Conrad Fischer lost a close three-set match to Pierce Gardner, but Harris, at four, downed the Lord Jeffs' Bub Dillon, 6-3, 9-7. Maynard Canfield, hitting a twisting serve and volleying sharply, swept past Roger Williams at five, dropping only six games. In the final singles match, Dan Mayers easily best Cogan...
...around for a way out of their troubles, RKO's owners were canvassing the field in search of someone willing to take the company off their hands. They got some encouragement. Matthew Fox, who made a fortune in movies before he got into such varied fields as toys (Bub-O-Loon) and international trade (TIME, July 19, 1948), was trying to make a deal. At week's end, Atlas Corp.'s President Floyd Odium, who sold RKO to Howard Hughes in the first place, also got into the act. He said he was looking into...