Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even if the Crimson manages to check both Schnaitter and Morgan, Howard Hobson's New Haven Quintet Beasts a slight height advantage ever the Crimson at almost every position...
Even without the help of the snow-removal men, snow piled up to a height of ten inches around the Boston area. Clearing weather the next few days should give the owner a chance to move his car away. The forecast is for rising temperatures today and tomorrow...
Decked out in a decorous black tailored suit with lace cuffs, Christine (né George) Jorgensen, a year after the news broke of the "sex conversion" in Copenhagen, let the world in on two secrets hitherto kept under wraps. The Jorgensen measurements (made by Christine's own tape): height, 5 ft. 6½ in.; weight, 115 Ibs.; bust, 34 in.; waist, 25 in.; hips, 36 in. Christine's favorite man: Sexpert Dr. Alfred C. (Sexual Behavior in the Human Female) Kinsey. Said Christine: "He proved that a lot of things that we think abnormal are really very normal...
...height of largesse time, Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas suggested a rule for politicos to follow in deciding whether to accept Christmas gifts from lobbyists and such. His advice: "It is suicide for elected officials to reject all gifts. People would think you were weaned on a pickle and lack the human juices . . . When gifts arrive, if they appear to be worth more than $2.50, they are sent back ... I don't think there is much chance of a Senator being corrupted...
...original. It was one of those things about 'If all the biscuits eaten since the dining hall was built were stacked on top of each other, they would reach . . .' I don't recall how far they would reach, but I do know it was a stratospheric height. Anyway, the editor published it, and I've been writing ever since...