Word: ladders
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eden, bundled up in a flying suit and flight helmet, climbed the narrow ladder into the belly of one of the Vulcans, and took off in a whoosh of jet exhaust. The Prime Minister directed the huge aircraft as far as the English Channel, took over the controls for one long stretch, then landed at an airport near his home in London. "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful," said Eden scrambling out. "It was as smooth as a magic carpet...
Shoal Waters. In Mobile. Ala., Seaman John W. Jones sued the United Fruit Co. for $75,200 damages after he wrenched his back fleeing from a snake in his bunk, slipped on a grease smear and fell off an engine-room ladder...
Three's a Crowd. During the next 20 years, Caesar climbed nimbly up the Roman ladder of state offices-quaestor, aedile, praetor, consul. He became a proper pol. He curried favor with Crassus, the richest man in Rome, and married off his daughter to Pompey, the most powerful...
Harris who has played two seasons with the varsity, ranks number four on the team ladder. Last summer he toured England with two other Crimson tennis players, competing in British tournaments. He graduated from Milton Academy, where he played number...
...most outstanding comeback of the past season was Leverett's rise from seventh to fourth place. While Lowell remained stationary at sixth, Adams and Winthrop dropped two notches each. Dudley stays on the bottom of the eight-House ladder. Eliot fell one standing...