Word: jumbos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...checks on the speech he would give, later in the afternoon, before the U.N.'s General Assembly (TIME, Dec. 14). As the President finished each page, he handed it across the aisle to Ann Whitman, his private secretary, who sat before a special I.B.M. electric typewriter equipped with jumbo type. As Mrs. Whitman finished the final proofed copy of the speech, she passed it on to Mary Caffrey, secretary to James Hagerty, who banged out stencils for the duplicating machines...
...Yardlings are undefeated in their three starts so far, and are favored to down the Jumbo freshmen in the preliminary...
Before a partisan crowd at the I.A.H., three Yardling lightweights began the meet by pinning their Jumbo opponents. Thereafter, except for one fall by a Tufts freshman and a decision against 123 pounder Don Fern, the locals won every match...
With three sophomores, four juniors and only one senior, the Jumbo squad is more experienced than a year ago when it won only two meets. But there's some question whether the Tufts' 137 pound man will start. He injured a rib in practice this week. Without his services, the squad will be decidedly weaker...
...campus of the University of Texas at Austin last week, collegians braced themselves for an invasion from Waco. The strength of the invaders was fully documented: Baylor University's football team, made up of a jumbo line and backfield of brilliant performers, was unbeaten in six games, rated No. 3 in the whole U.S. Baptist Baylor, the experts agreed, had its finest chance in 29 years to win the championship of the Southwest Conference. Texas U. buffs were not dismayed. They passed the word: "Get out the red candles...