Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This year's best seller among higher-priced cars is what the trade calls "the jewelry-box special"-Oldsmobile, with more chrome (44 Ibs.) than any other car in history. Now fourth, it is pushing Plymouth for third place. Among the low-priced three, the fancy Chevrolet Impala and Ford Fairlane 500 outsell less chromy models by three to one. On Ford's custom line, there is a decorative gold-anodized-aluminum strip (along with an armrest and cigarette lighter) that costs $20 extra; 76% of Ford's customers demand it on their cars. Says Ford Stylist...
...both reported reasonable numbers of cosmic rays, around 30 per second, but as they climbed up toward their apogees the count came faster. At 1,100 kilometers (684 miles) the tubes registered as high as 140 counts per second. Then a strange thing happened. As the satellites climbed even higher, the transmitters reported no rays at all. During orbit after orbit the counter of Explorer III was silent for 15 minutes. When the satellites swung down again to lower levels, they resumed reporting reasonable numbers of cosmic rays...
Quincy House construction may be stopped by a strike this morning for the second time in a month. At 8 a.m., nearly 6000 carpenters employed in the Greater Boston area will walk off their jobs in a movement for higher wages...
Taking the stroke up to 35 with a little less than half a mile to go, the Crimson rowers were ahead by almost a length. The varsity held steady at a 35 as Penn sprinted higher and began to catch up while rowing at 37. Penn was still inching up slowly, as the Crimson increased its beat to 37 while the Quakers were flashing towards the finish at a fast 40, The Red and Blue, however, failed to gain any more, and the varsity crossed the line half a length ahead...
Advanced registration for the Summer School has been slightly higher so far this year than it was last year, with 477 students already signed up. Last year at this time 445 students had registered...