Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...since she started her foreign tour last fall, the U.S.'s Althea Gibson (TIME, June 4) staved off a last-set rally by Britain's Anne Shilcock, won the Surrey County title at Surbiton, England, 6-3, 13-11, for her17th victory of the international campaign, her eighth...
...game with the Phillies, he missed a home run by inches; his long drive to right bounced off the barrier for a double. In two more tries, Long belted two more shots that Philly outfielders just managed to grab. Then he got the range. In the eighth inning, he walloped the ball a country mile for his seventh home run in seven consecutive games, a major-league record that broke the six-game mark held by the St. Louis Browns' Ken Williams, the Giants' "Long George" Kelly, Walker Cooper and Willie Mays, and the Yankees' Lou Gehrig...
When the giveaway king bought WDGY in Minneapolis for $334,000 last January, rival stations sent scouts to spy out Storz's stunts in other cities, have since handed out $60,000 on competing giveaway programs. Nevertheless Storz has already jacked his station up from eighth to second place, trebled advertising volume...
Almost two weeks behind schedule because of unfavorable winds, the U.S. this week fired its eighth hydrogen device-its first superbomb to be dropped from a plane. Estimated size of the big shot: 10 megatons, the equivalent of 10 million tons...
...Roberts. One night last week, with his cool and easy motion on the mound and his reckless behavior on the base paths, he beat the league-leading Milwaukee Braves almost singlehanded, 2-1. He struck out ten men, allowed only eight hits, tore home from second on an eighth-inning infield single, slid head first into big Del Crandall at the plate, jarred the catcher loose from the ball and scored the run that tied up the game. When Roberts took his turn again, four days later, the red-hot sluggers of the Cincinnati Redlegs sighted in on his polite...