Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into the presidency of American's biggest subsidiary, the American Cigarette & Cigar Co. There, Hahn took on American's new, king-sized Pall Malls and pushed them so vigorously that they started a U.S. fad for longer cigarettes. In ten years Hahn has pushed Pall Mall from eighth place to fifth-in all U.S. sales, according to trade reports. Even last year, when Lucky's sales slipped, Hahn boosted Pall Mall's 21.4%. Directors hope he can do the same for Lucky...
...Crimson put the game away in the next inning with a six-run rally, marked by four Tech errors, two walks, a hit batter, and a long home run by Collins. Singles by Ward, Collins, and Bob Smith added the three final counters in the last of the eighth...
...jackets displaced, one single-breasted and one double-breasted, are, as I have heard the word used amongst the quorums of Eighth Avenue & 34th Street, a bit noisy; but to a people who are used to seeing the same juxtapositions of line and color in kilts, the adjustment to this aberration from Edwardian severity shouldn't be a difficult...
...Communist-led guerrillas chose March 29, eighth anniversary of the birth of the Huk movement, * to begin their raids. Between midnight and dawn, bands of well-armed Huks sprang on four towns in the provinces surrounding Manila...
...varsity skiers placed last in the downhill, slalom, and jump, but were able to pull themselves up to eighth position in the cross-country. Dartmouth, only other Eastern entry, won the meet. The Green skiers, headed by Brooks Dodge and Colin Stewart, dominated the downhill and slalom, while second-place Denver University won the cross-country, and third-place Washington University the jumping...