Word: markedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This book, published in 1948, gave him a lesson in the semantics of U.S. publishing. His original title, The End of the Protestant Era?, was vetoed by the publishers on the grounds that no book with a question mark in the title sells well. "Then leave off the question mark," said Tillich. "That would be giving too much comfort to the Catholics," said his Protestant friends...
Today, after selling 50 million records (eleven have topped the 1,000,000 mark), Perry the pro is mainly a solid family man. He lives unostentatiously at Sands Point, L.I., has few cronies and owns but two cars, a Cadillac and a Thunderbird. His wife Roselle, whom he married 25 years ago in Canonsburg, does the cooking; he sometimes dries the dishes. His interests are golf (high 70s) and his three children. Chief entertainment: watching TV while sprawled on a couch in his den, and writing congratulatory telegrams to TV comedians...
...last-second jump shot give the varsity a 67-66 victory over Cornell will forget that occasion, the high spot of a fine season for him. Second only to McClellan in rebounds, Bowditch also was the only player besides Harrington to average in double figures with a 10.3 mark...
...Crimson Freshmen displayed an awesome show of power in the opening and closing relays, which were the keys in the meet. In the first leg of the medley, captain Bob Kaufmann set a national intercollegiate freshman mark of 57.8 for the 100-yd. backstroke. The relay team of Kaufmann, Bill Zentgraf, Fred Elizalde, and Norris Eisenbrey set a new Freshman record of 3:58.0. Later, Kaufmann broke the University 200-yd. backstroke mark, swimming...
...minute mark, the varsity had to survive their only three penalties of the game, called within five minutes. The last was a preposterous call on Crocker Snow for playing with a broken stick only four seconds after he had fractured it in a faceoff and been knocked off his feet. The Crimson held Yale off without a good-shot, and Bud Higginbottom quickly tied the score a 3 to 3 when he took a pass at center ice, turned the defense, and rifled the disk past Forstmann...