Word: fisher
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...successful 1922 team; E. L. Casey '19, one of the greatest halfbacks the University has ever had, and present coach of the Freshman team; M. A. Cheek, Jr., '26, captain of last year's University eleven; and George Owen '23, for three years a backfield mainstay of Coach Fisher's teams, will be the veterans to speak...
Life's Length. As ingeniously, but more ingenuously, Professor Irving Fisher of Yale, calculates that in 1930 the average duration of life in the U. S. will be 61 years; in 1940, 65; in 1950, 69; in 1960, 72; in 1970, 75; in 1980, 78; in 1990, 80; in 2000, 82; and in 2100, 94. At present the average length of life is 58 years. Professor Fisher offered to bet $10 to $1 on the accuracy of his prognosis. No one covered...
Died. Lola Fisher (Mrs. Kenneth Thompson), 34, actress; in Fleetwood, Yonkers, of tuberculosis. She played in Rio Grande, Under Cover, Be Calm Camilla, Good Gracious, Annabelle; acted with William Courtney, Ethel Barrymore...
Fourteen hundred firms, including those selling accessories, were represented, nearly four hundred more than were displayed at the record salon of 1924.* Twenty U. S. firms had exhibits. In the crowded auditorium were famed Presidents Alfred P. Sloan Jr. of General Motors, H. H. Bassett of Buick, Lawrence C. Fisher of Cadillac, Myron E. Forbes of Pierce-Arrow, moving warily through the throngs, surveying their displays with a just pride...
...virtue of regular meals and eating hours has been proved not only by common experience but very directly by Professor Irving Fisher of Yale. Professor Fisher found in the course of some experiments regarding eating that a definite group of students made a wonderful increase in strength and endurance simply by spending a longer time in masticating their food and by eating only what their appetites prompted them to take. Both of these requirements it is almost impossible to observe in the case of men eating in cafeterias at rush hours...