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Word: forli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week was the showdown; the Colts tackled the Forty-Niners in their own stadium, with the conference title at stake. Cool and confident, Quarterback Unitas whipsawed the Forty-Niner defense by sending fleet Halfback Lennie Moore to the outside, barreling Fullback Alan ("The Horse") Ameche up the middle. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Showdown at San Francisco | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Not even a second-half appearance by balding Forty-Niner Quarterback Y. A. Tittle, still gimpy from an earlier Colt game, could save the day against a gang-tackling Colt defense led by massive (6 ft. 4 in., 240 Ibs.) Gino Marchetti. Final score: Colts 34, Forty-Niners 14. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Showdown at San Francisco | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

¶ For a year's guarantee of $35,000, brooding Alex Olmedo, 23, California's Peruvian-in-residence (University of Southern California), quit amateur tennis to join the pros. In a 65-match world tour, Olmedo will hazard his erratic shots against canny Old Pros Pancho Gonzales and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Dec. 14, 1959 | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

After a year of the tightest money since the 1920s, the U.S. last week experienced a slight easing in the general demand for funds. It was partly due to the depressing effects of the steel strike and industry's uncertainty about investing heavily in inventory before a settlement is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Whither Money? | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

The slight easing had no effect on interest rates. The U.S. Treasury last week sold its 13-week bills at 4.5%, the highest point in history for its shortest-term borrowing, partly because only the week before it had drawn heavily on short-term funds with a $2 billion offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Whither Money? | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

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