Word: counts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...newspaper readers suspect how much headwork goes into headlines. A head must do more than nutshell the news and lure the reader into the story. First & foremost, it must "count," which means that the type must fit an allotted space. Hemmed in by columns, the copydesker spends his life finding short words like "nips" for long ones like "arrests...
Four riders from each class were scheduled to take part in the meet, but the final count shows three girls riding for the Classes of 1949 and 1951, with five entries from both junior and freshman classes...
...landlubber varsity squash team yesterday dropped its first match of the season to an experienced Union Boat Club outfit by a 3 to 2 count. Coach Jack Barnaby admitted that his boys were "just green" compared to the Club quintet...
Like Britain's Princess Elizabeth, Egypt's Queen Farida was once an enthusiastic Girl Guide. Unlike Elizabeth, she never bore a son, and in Egypt, where only male heirs count, that can be important...
...matter how hard the public is to please, or how hard-to-sell the picture, Hollywood knows that it can count on exhibitors. Last week, as if to keep in trim for tougher times ahead, theater managers were pushing movies with all the zeal, noise and logic of oldtime pitchmen hawking snake...