Word: greys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Delwood went on, still addressing the cork wall, "as an undergraduate concentrating in government, I am required to take Economics I and a course in history. Very well, I must dispose of these requirements immediately." He hit the grey book again, found Ec I--MWF at 12--on page 90 ("Dandy hour for supply and demand") and made another notation...
...literature. Shakespeare. Must hit Shakespeare before I leave this place." Again the little grey book, this time page 134--English 126a, Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies, MWF at 12. "Fine just great. And maybe a little Chaucer, too." Page 133, English 115, Chaucer, MWF at 12. Two more notes on the pad. "Well, that's that. Can't take all of them, but it's a fine bunch to choose from...
...showroom where the picture-windowed north wall frames the placid river flowing below, a long and large gallery at either end, and a basement that converts easily from exhibition halls into lecture rooms. To cut the glare from artificial lights, all walls are faced with a light beige fabric; grey and brown terrazzo floors are offset by stairways trimmed in green tile...
...Grey Market. Across the nation last week as manufacturers scrambled for steel, there was a growing grey market, with prices of some steels up to $250 a ton, almost double the list price. Layoffs caused by lack of steel continued to mount. General Electric Co. began laying off 1,400 workers in its heavy appliance manufacturing center at Louisville, said it will have to close down its entire operation employing 11,000 unless the steel strike ends within three weeks. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. last week laid off 521 workers at two Midwestern plants, will drop 1,200 more...
Yachtsman Cornelius Shields, "the grey fox of Long Island Sound"). Both Suzy and Shields had slipped out of Paris-quietly, deftly, on the sunny side of discreet. "Suzy is just taking a vacation," said her French husband, who has been seeing her now and then. "Ah oui," said the gossips knowingly. Meanwhile, sentimental fans remembered Suzy as the young heroine of Ten North Frederick, who responds to the passion of her roommate's father, Gary Cooper. And, coincidentally, Actor Cooper, 58, is the real-life son-in-law of Paul V. Shields...