Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been made in the field of Geography. There are no permanent appointments in History and Lit. The water coming from both the hot and cold taps in Moors Hall is hot. Elsie's is too crowded. Animals still roam the streets of Cambridge. The "Flower Drum Song" is a hit. We do not yet have a winning football team. The parking regulations are arbirary and unjust. Moreover, the sky is falling...
Female members of the sportswriting profession will be admitted into the Stadium press box next season for the first time, Q. Henry Johnson, sports publicity director, said yesterday. "This Radcliffe penetration into everything else has finally hit us, I'm afraid," Johnson said...
Fresh from its smashing victory in the Philadelphia Inquirer games, the varsity track team will hit the road again today in preparation for the crucial U. of Chicago meet over the weekend...
...never be destroyed by surprise attack, would provide the supreme deterrent to any earth aggressor. Most scientists do not agree. Nor do they think much of the idea of armed satellite bases. They see little reason to shoot from a satellite when a rocket shot from solid ground can hit any target on earth. But satellites may prove to have value as "eyes in the sky" over enemy territory...
...reason the merger ardor may be cooling slightly is simply that business is getting better. Late in December rail car-loadings hit 431,938 cars, topped the year-ago level for the first time in 16 months, although the corresponding week a year ago was particularly depressed by bad weather. Fortnight ago, loadings climbed to 467,699 cars, lagged only 1% below the same week in 1958. Railmen think the year-to-year gap has now been closed, expect carloadings to keep climbing above those of 1958 as the tempo of U.S. business picks...