Word: ladders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gradually becomes evident that Prescott will move mountains for boys who accept his authority, but anyone who questions it is in for trouble. One wayward student locks the great man in his office, forcing him to make an undignified exit down a ladder from the window. An outraged Prescott takes his revenge by making a moral issue of the prank and ultimately hounds the boy to suicide...
...Long III, known to his friends as the Prince of Whales. Hefting a 16-lb. iron ball in one hammy hand, he crouched low, tucked the ball behind his right ear, and began to inch back his left foot like a second-story man feeling his way down a ladder in the dark. Suddenly, he dipped and flung himself bodily across the ring. A grunt, a gasp-the shot soared through the air and thudded into the turf 66 ft. 3½ in. away. For the second time in twenty days-and the third time this spring-Dallas Long...
...Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands, the chemical industry tops the pay ladder; in France, engineering and electrical goods; in Germany, paper, printing and publishing; in Britain, transport and communications. The management work week ranges from 371 hours in Britain to 40 hours in Germany and 45 hours in France. Though the Britons generally get the highest benefits for the least work, their escalator runs slower: since 1959, their net salaries have increased only 19% v. 49% for the Germans...
...molecules are made up of two very long strands connected to each other by hundreds of thousands of short submolecules, which are set in place like the rungs of a ladder. The rungs differ chemically, and the order in which they are arranged constitutes the genetic code that controls heredity. When DNA is heated in just the right way, the rungs break and the long strands separate. Though the strands are eager to recombine, they cannot do so unless their broken rungs are matched in perfect order...
...varsity tennis team will be getting two fine tennis players in Dick Appleby (1) and Brian Davis (2). Another sleeper may be Nick Hoogs, who, although he slid up and down the team ladder, from two to five, managed to finish undefeated. The Records Track 6-0 Tennis 8-1 Lacrosse 7-3 Heavyweight Crew 3-1 Lightweight Crew 1-3 Golf...