Word: length
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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AUTO-INSURANCE DISCOUNTS of 15% will be given by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. on compact cars, topping the 10% discount offered by Allstate. Autos eligible are 1955 and later models priced under $2,300 which do not exceed 3,000 Ibs., 200 in. in length...
Even more than in the steel strike, the public has great concern with the length of the probable strike. At present, there seems to be no way by which to avoid it completely. Under terms of the Railway Labor Act, the government can delay the start of the strike a fair length of time; the President can invoke measures leading to an emergency negotiation board and can exert subtle pressures in other ways. The Taft-Hartley Act provides the final governmental check...
Letters of application must be filed by seniors at the office of the Radcliffe Dean of Instruction by Feb. 1, 1960. The letters should contain a statement of proposed itinerary, the reasons for the designations, and the length of proposed stay in cities cited...
...Windows, no longer barred, have gay curtains or draperies with drawstrings. Instead of glaring ceiling lights, there are bridge and table lamps. Glass vases hold cut flowers. Plant stands are loaded with potted violets. Glass tumblers and bottles-potentially lethal weapons-are all over. Each ward has its full-length mirror...
...Wave was rolling, and on the crest of it dozens of ambitious young cinéastes went surfboarding to success. In the past twelve months, according to the French Film Office, at least 30 young men without previous experience in film direction have gone into production with full-length films, and already half a dozen of them have achieved both critical acclaim and the franc approval of the public. Among the leaders François Truffaut, 27 (The Four Hundred Blows), Alain Resnais, 37 (Hiroshima, My Love), Claude Chabrol, 27 (Le Beau Serge, The Cousins), Edouard Molinaro, 31 (Back...