Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Headmasters and principals of the nation's 25,000 secondary schools will soon nominate five percent of their senior classes to compete for 350 National Merit Scholarships, after receiving instructions yesterday from the Ford Foundation, administrator of the scholarships...
Additional grants from Time-Life, Inc., and the Seas Foundation have boosted the number of scholarships from 200 to 350. Eight million dollars of the original Ford Foundation grant was set aside to match such contributions from individuals and corporations...
...first backfield for the varsity during the drill were tailback Matt Bots ford, fullback Tony Gauntly quarterback Leo Daley, and wingback Ron Eikenberry, subbing for slightly injured John Simourian...
...Yanks were riding high. Catcher Berra was connecting for homers again. In one game, he hit two-the second one in the last of the ninth-to beat Boston all by himself and put the Yankees back on top of the league. Pitchers Byrne, Grim and Ford were back in pennant-winning form. Heading out this week for the season's windup with the Senators and the Red Sox, the Yanks had a solid two-game edge...
...FORDS FOR '56 will be lower (down 1 in. for two-and four-door sedans), and higher-powered but little changed in appearance. Higher-priced models will have the Thunderbird Y-8 motor (up to 202 h.p.). Thunderbird production has topped 16,000 in its first year, 25% more than Ford anticipated, but still less than demand...