Word: climbed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fouth time in ten years, it has taken a political deal to elect a mayor of Cambridge. After two fruitless weeks of balloting, Councillor Edward J. Sullivan backed into the mayor's chair after he had persuaded fellow Councillor Thomas M. McNamara to climb off the political fence and into the Sullivan camp. Next week, Sullivan will appoint McNamara chairman of the Council's Finance Committee...
...past two years, one of the fastest performers on the New York Stock Exchange has been middle-sized Houston Oil, which has climbed from 65 to 155. The big reason for the climb was a persistent rumor that the company would be bought up at a fat price by one of the oil giants. Last week rumor became fact. Houston Oil announced that, subject to stockholder approval, it was selling all its holdings for $224,654,265, or $165 per share for its 1,361,541 outstanding shares. Atlantic Refining Co., 13th largest U.S. oil company, will take over...
...predicted that it will climb to a peak for the year on Tuesday night, as 900 dilligent students trek to the library on the last day before exams...
...Long Climb. In terms of assets, Ford ranks fifth in the U.S. with $2,483,000,000, under the three sales leaders and fourth-ranking ($3,348,000,000) U.S. Steel Corp. On both counts Ford is the second largest U.S. automaker...
Meanwhile, stop Mt. Washington, lipstick sales have already begun to climb, despite frigid weather conditions expected for the Yule...