Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Later, as tempers flared still higher, North Carolina's salty Democratic Senator Sam Ervin cut smoothly between the two, reminded them that "Jonah made a very wise remark to the whale. He told the whale if he had kept his mouth shut, that thing wouldn't have happened." Both Jackson and Engine Charlie joined in the laughter and later shook hands...
Jitters on the Center Court. For all his pique, eighth-seeded Vic Seixas did better than many higher-seeded stars. Sweden's third-seeded Sven Davidson was knocked off by an Australian unknown named Ashley Cooper, 19. Fifth-seeded ex-Champion (1954) Jaroslav Drobny, 34, was whipped by India's Ramanathan Krishnan, 19, an agile giant with a weak serve and badly sprained ankle. Fourth-seeded Budge Patty, 32, fell to an up-and-coming Briton named Bobby Wilson...
...company raised its fare. Thousands of Evaton's commuters began riding bicycles, forming car pools in native-owned cabs, or taking the slower railroad to work. As the boycott spread (as bus boycotts spread in the U.S.−see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), those who persisted in paying the higher bus fares found themselves threatened by those who refused to. Dozens were injured and at least three were killed...
...trials were probably the greatest display of mass U.S. track-and-field prowess in history, and by their records the U.S. should have the greatest team it has ever sent to the Olympics. In six events, U.S. athletes ran faster and jumped higher than any other American ever had before. In three of the events, they exceeded what any other man had ever done anywhere...
CANNED FOOD PRICES are heading higher. To meet rising costs, packers forecast a 5% wholesale hike for 1956 pack. Retail rise...