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...lighter weight classes. Phil Herrera at 123, and Ed Keating at 130 are the top performers. Hererra comes from Guatemala city, Guatemala; Keating is a local boy, graduate of Roxbury Latin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Mister Zero's' Yardling Wrestlers Hold Opponents Scoreless--- So Far | 2/11/1953 | See Source »

Transist-Ear. Minneapolis' Maico Co. will begin sale next month of a hearing aid the size of a cigarette lighter which weighs only 2½ oz. Three germanium transistors take the place of vacuum tubes for amplification, and in place of conventional batteries, Transist-Ear's power comes from a mercury capsule the size of a dime, good for 75 hrs. Replacement capsules cost about 25?. Price: around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Feb. 2, 1953 | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

...passenger plane powered by Boeing's small turboprop engine, the world's first turboprop light plane. A piston-powered model of the plane, the "Bird Dog" has been widely used in Korea on observation missions. The turboprop version, which has a cruise rating of 175 h.p., is lighter than earlier models, and has somewhat longer range and can operate on all grades and ranges of fuel, a big advantage in combat zones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Nov. 24, 1952 | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

...crowd of over 800 watched McNamara's three scoring jaunts. The lighter Berkeley team threatened only once in the entire game and the outcome was never in doubt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Nips Berkeley 19-0 For House-College Title | 11/22/1952 | See Source »

...things in a lighter vein, I asked Clasby what his biggest sports thrill at Harvard has been. "Which sport?" he asked me back. I had forgotten that I was questioning the man who will probably be Harvard's first major sport nine-letter winner in many years. I specified football, and he thought for a moment. "I guess it would be that 96-yard run against Washington," he said...

Author: By Richard B. Kline, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/20/1952 | See Source »

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