Word: elgin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other side of the dial was shown last week by Elgin National Watch Co., the nation's biggest fine watchmaker, which makes some 200 models in a $34.75 to $150 price range. For 1957, Elgin reported a net loss of $2,442,076 v. a $671,380 profit the year before. Sales were off 26% to $31.1 million, and President J. G. Shennan said solemnly that he could not predict "an immediate return to profitability...
...season's climactic basketball game was played in Louisville, Governor A. B. ("Happy") Chandler was whooping in the stands, and after Seattle's All-American Elgin Baylor had hobbled himself with four fouls, nothing could stop Kentucky from winning the N.C.A.A. basketball championship, 84-72. Said Kentucky Coach Adolph Rupp in the fanciest dribble of the tournament: "We're tickled to death tonight that The Master that points the finger of destiny pointed...
...looked up the New Yorker and found the story. It concerned an improbable couple named Elgin and Caroline, telling how they fell in love and later indulged themselves libidinously in Adams House. The story was subtly and liberally sprinkled with naked bodies, passionate embraces and the like. Vag could not bring himself to finish it, so he looked at the ending and put the magazine down...
...skill at playing basketball. Hot Rod, when he puts his mind to it, can do anything-dribble, shoot, pass and play defense-with the casual assurance of a pro. In three seasons he has scored more than 2,000 points. Elgin Baylor, is a skillful, 6-ft.-4¾-in. Negro with so much polish he is sometimes too good for his teammates-his needle-threading passes often catch other Seattle players off guard. His rebounding always dominates the backboards, and his offensive skill is so sure that he presses for shots...
...battery of this sort, no bigger than the head of a thumbtack, produces 20 microwatts of electricity, which is more than enough to run an electronic watch that Elgin is working on. It will also operate small transistor radios, and Elgin researchers believe that it will eventually be used in hearing aids. When worn in close contact with the human body, the battery must be enclosed in a metal shield that makes it as big as a cough drop (0.2 in. thick, 0.6 in. in diameter). For use in military guided missiles, the atomic battery has the important advantage...