Word: lows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Weather: Sunny and cold today, with temperatures in the high thirties and low forties. Fair and continued cold tomorrow...
...fact that the poll was prepared for public consumption and not completely tailored for use at the University, Council member Michael B. Rothenberg '49, who stated that he was completely behind the President's food-saving program declared that the quality of dining hall dinners is currently so low that he felt the student body would balk if asked to give up food. He based his opinion, he said, on talks with members of Eliot House. The Council overwhelmingly agreed...
...Savannah last week, Southern blood bubbled toward the boiling point. A Miami weatherman had hinted that last month's disastrous hurricane might have been not an act of God, but just a low Yankee trick...
...musical child, there is a picture-drum phonograph for as low as $9.44. For railroaders, Lionel has a remote-control milkman who delivers cans from a car. For builders, there is a construction set whose aluminum rods and plates can be clipped together into towers, windmills, etc. The carriage-trade ultimate is a British import: a $54.50 horse whose springs, under the weight of the body, will buck and carry a rider across a room...
...plans a major mechanical revolution. The '48 Buick Roadmaster, said the division, will have no clutch, clutch pedal, or customary gear shift. For normal driving, the motorist will merely have to push a button; the accelerator will do the rest. There is also a reverse gear and "emergency low" for snow and mud. With rising production and a backlog of 520,000 unfilled orders, Buick hopes next year to pass Plymouth, into third place behind Chevrolet and Ford...