Word: clips
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gold stripes on his sleeve, barges through the door at 31 knots. This freighter-shaped (5 ft. 11 in., 200 Ibs.) admiral, his ties fast to the old Navy and all its traditions, is plunging ahead in a new and astonishing naval era at the same hell-for-weather clip described by a destroyer shipmate from the Solomons Slot: "It's always been the same. All boilers on the line, superheaters cut in. Arleigh Burke...
...very encouraging low-stroke time trial earlier this week. Wilde plans to race his eight at a lesser beat this week as it was generally felt that last Saturday's Goldthwait Cup loss to Princeton, by three-quarters of a length, was largely the fault of too high a clip...
...take in the teas at the master's place; if you don't like the sandwiches, you can always clip the silver for your hope chest. But for really tough silverware, you can't beat the Bick. Freshmen and other undesirables eat at the Waldorf, but the "in-group" gathers at the Bick at 4 a.m., when the fresh pastry arrives...
...color pictures of Eisenhower and Nixon dominated the throng, surmounted by a blue and white banner that read PEACE-PROSPERITY-PROGRESS. "This is a great and glorious day for the Republican women," cried Miss Bertha Adkins of the Republican National Committee, her black sweater bedecked by an IKE diamond clip. "We're going to fight and fight hard for your victory." The candidate smiled warmly and made a few informal remarks...
...AEROTRAIN which missed its first date for revenue operations because coaches were too noisy and bumpy (TIME, Jan. 30), broke down on its maiden run with paying passengers aboard. While trying to clip 1½ hours off the Pennsy's nine-hour...