Word: hops
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Versatile Captain Bob Rittenburg took first place in the high jump with a 6'1" leap, and captured a second in both the hop step and jump and the 50-yard low hurdles...
...million. Nevertheless, F.D.R., a great exponent of sizzle salesmanship, claimed (and got from millions of voters) credit for reducing unemployment. In 1944, when unemployment reached a record low of 440,000, there were nearly 12 million men in the armed forces. By early 1950, with no war to hop up the economy, the number of unemployed under Harry Truman's Administration had climbed back to nearly 4,700,000. This month, in a work force of 65 million, the number of unemployed is 3,000,000. Few economists believe that the U.S. (or any other nation) can maintain "full...
...Short Hop. An eight-passenger, open-sided bus for transport in factories, shopping centers, airports, etc. is being sold by Autoette Inc. of Long Beach, Calif. The battery-powered bus averages 10 m.p.h., carries passengers back to back like an old-fashioned street car, comes equipped with a recharger that plugs into an ordinary electrical outlet. Price: $1,295 f.o.b. Long Beach...
...fine last set. But now, for the first time in eleven tries at Wimbledon, Old Drob was running into luck. Low drives that hit the net cord dropped in for him, high lobs kicked up chalk on the baseline and his big service took on a wallaby's hop. With the score at 8-7, Drobny smacked across an ace on a second serve. The final point was an ace as well...
With the golden land of opportunity no longer lay waiting in front of it, '29 fought desperately to make its own opportunities. Isaac Berman, now a manufacturer, was in quick succession a bell hop, A & P manager, magazine salesman, printing salesman, library book salesman, deck hand, and telephone directory salesman...