Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Enough Cars. Chrysler's Lester Lum ("Tex") Colbert, embarrassed by his own shortage of cars (TIME, Dec. 10), said that "by all present indications, the retail market for cars in 1957 should be bigger by a substantial margin." For one reason, buyers would be in a stronger position than in 1956, when many of them were paying off the autos they bought in the record year of 1955. Said Colbert: "A substantial percentage of those who purchased new cars in 1955 on the installment plan have already paid off these obligations, or will have them paid off some time...
...pound class, Dave Skeels of the Crimson overcame Dartmouth captain Harry Weiss in a decision to give the varsity a 3-0 lead. Mike Abramovitz pinned Bob Crochowski with a half-nelson in the 130-pound division for five points to give the Crimson an 8-0 margin...
...ahead or tied until the nine minute mark. Then Hastings hit with a lay up to put the Crimson in the lead, 17-16. Muncaster added a free throw, Canty a two-pointer, Muncaster two more quick free throws, and Woolston a field goal to increase the margin...
...margin jumped from six to ten points until the 15 minute mark, when Hastings dropped in four straight free throws to put the game out of reach. The team froze the ball for the final three minutes...
...thus able to snip as much as 9? per mile from their 30?-per-mile highway costs. By going piggyback, says the Rail-Trailer Co., which solicits business for the railroads, one New York-Chicago trucker was able to chop his trip costs so much that his profit margin quintupled. Eastern Motor Express, Cooper-Jarrett, Mid-States Freight Lines, Spector Freight System, and Denver Chicago Trucking Co. currently use piggyback for some 10% to 20% of all their long-haul trips. Kansas City's Riss & Co., one of the biggest U.S. truckers, ships 600 trailers weekly by piggyback...