Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...another (five paying passengers, 23 freeloaders), charged off Idlewild's runway, made London in a snappy six hours, twelve minutes, some five hours less than normal piston flight. Thus, on the anniversary of Russia's Sputnik, began a new era in the 20th century's fast-changing history. The commercial jet age was a dramatic reality...
Belgium. Highlights of the four-day trip: a narrow escape from being clobbered by a Fiat on the slippery cobblestones of Bruges, a state dinner with scholarly young (28) King Baudouin at the Royal Hunting Lodge, a fast-paced peek at the Brussels Fair, where she peered gingerly through fixed wall binoculars at the stage of the British Pavilion's theater...
...Yankees rolled over and played dead -even Slugger Bauer, who had his record consecutive game hitting streak for World Series play snapped at 17. The hooknosed southpaw cleverly curved the Yankees until late afternoon shadows crept over the stadium, then opened up with a still hopping fast ball, retired 17 of the last 18 batters in fashioning a two-hit 3-0 shutout. Gloated Spahn: "Somebody got the impression that I can't throw anything but junk. Well, somebody is misinformed." Shortstop Tony Kubek let in the first Milwaukee run with an error, and Outfielder Norm Siebern played three...
...first five months this year, Philco made a slight profit in June, has been in the black since. The pickup in Philco refrigerator sales was so marked that Philco brought out its 1959 models in August, six weeks earlier than usual. Laundry products have picked up so fast that Philco put in an extra assembly line for the Duomatic washer-dryer. And though TV sets are still the industry's weakest spot (down 24% from last year), Philco's TV sales are running ahead of last year...
Munro was aware of this as he commented today, "Any one of the Little Three teams (Amherst, Wesleyan, and Williams) is usually as strong as any of the Ivy squads." The Lord Jeffs feature what is known in soccer as a "fast break" attack with continual passing between the outsides across the entire breadth of the field. This type of play might easily wear the Crimson down, and with the varsity low in reserves, the fourth quarter could find Munro in real trouble...