Word: climbing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fare increase submitted by Dumaine to the Interstate Commerce Commission on the ground that it could cause more commuters to drive to New York. He had rescinded a Dumaine order to cut 46 trains off the entire system. He was also trying to boost revenues by encouraging drivers to climb aboard the New Haven; crews were stationed at parkways into New York to check on car-driving commuters, and McGinnis plans to rearrange train schedules in hopes of attracting some 3,000. Also, he has lured suburban housewives to New York with half-price fares on a weekly Ladies...
...contested coat and tie rule, now strongly approved by the great majority of the Center, has helped make Dudley a likeable noon dining place for a daily average of fifty inter house students. The contest with house members has given Dudley a much needed push in its climb toward equal recognition...
MADAGASCAR URANIUM boom has the Paris stock market soaring. Two companies (Minerals de la Grande He, Fonciere du Sud de Madagascar) are now shipping refined ore to France from deposits discovered in 1952, estimate that production will climb from 15 to 200 tons by next year. On the Paris market, Minerals stock has zoomed from $9 to $122 a share since January...
Stair Climber. A two-wheeled, power-driven hand truck has been developed by the Valley Craft Products Inc., Lake City, Minn. to take heavy loads up or down stairs or ramps. A special ratchet mechanism allows the "Stair Cart" to climb stairs, is powerful enough to lift a 200-lb. load straight up a 4-ft. wall. Price: about...
...Hill accent. Wiping bits of moisture from her face, she turned to a tramp who was lounging on the steps and cried, "Sitting around? Mercy! I thought you boys studied all the time!" She dashed in and I followed, but a policeman turned me away and I had to climb in a window. I ran around to the front door and asked the cop if I could go out, but he wouldn't let me until I said I was Eddie Fisher trying to get some fresh air. I went back in, and spied Debbie cavorting on the stage with...