Word: lightweight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...LIGHTWEIGHT FILM so strong that it can tow a car, yet so thin that cameras and movie projectors will be able to hold 35% more of it than of present films, will be manufactured next year by Du Pont. The new film's base is made of Cronar, synthetic cousin of Dacron; Du Pont spent eight years and $6,000,000 developing...
...three sophomores on the team is David Grubb, a relatively lightweight 196-pound guard. The center on the team is senior John Thompson, and the tackles are senior Earle Harder and junior Fred Melges. This center of the line is fast and good, and has been providing Pinch and Martin with wide holes up front...
...Jimmy Carter, 31, of New York, who three times lost his lightweight title and twice regained it in return bouts, failed to turn the trick again. Champion Wallace ("Bud") Smith, 26, who dethroned Carter last June, defeated him again in a 15-round bout at Cincinnati...
...LIGHTWEIGHT TRAIN is picking up speed on U.S. railroads. New England's Boston & Maine Railroad has ordered a Talgo train similar to the ones being built for the New Haven and the Rock Island. American Car & Foundry will build the long, low streamliner, have it ready for delivery...
...decision to raise tariffs on bicycles, the President paid tribute to the skill of foreign manufacturers, mostly British, who make lightweight bicycles that outperform heavier U.S. varieties. If U.S. bicyclemakers would follow the foreign example, said the President, U.S. industry would benefit. Nevertheless, he penalized the foreign manufacturers with a 50% tariff increase...