Word: matchings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will go into determining what I regard as the right course. I don't lay down any framework. I judge a course of action by all the circumstances prevailing at the time a decision must be made. That makes it easy; it isn't a mental wrestling match with...
Taffy 3's situation was desperate: its six little carriers (each with a single 5-in. gun), three destroyers and four destroyer escorts made no match for Kurita. All "Ziggy" Sprague could do was to make smoke, launch his aircraft and run for his life. In the running fight, Kurita lost three heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, and three destroyers. But Sprague lost two destroyers, a destroyer escort, one baby flattop (another, the St. Lo, was sunk later by a Japanese kamikaze). He took hits on two carriers, a destroyer and destroyer escort and seemed doomed to far worse...
Both Larris and Jennison of Dartmouth lived up to pre-match reports. Sophomore Larris is clearly in a class of his own, as yesterday's results and those of his race against Brown indicate...
...challenging painters and sculptors to match his genius, Wright created a very real and exciting tension, if a formidable one. Harry F. Guggenheim, Chairman of the Board of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, commented on the occasion saying, "Let each man exercise the art he knws." Frank Lloyd Wright exercised his; he left a challenge for the artists to match...
...showrooms with a new unitized-frame construction for its 24 models, pronounced tail fins, completely new body styling. Among the year's most unusual new models was Willys Motors' new four-cylinder Jeep Surrey, which has a brightly painted body, seats in candy-striped colors that match a vinyl-covered fringed top. The Surrey, priced at $1,650, is aimed chiefly at resort and vacation centers. Checker Motors Corp. this week brought out the Superba, a family version of its Checker taxi, with wide doors, sparse furnishings, optional jump seats so it will seat eight...