Word: matchings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Perfect Match. In Christchurch, New Zealand, Rugby Fan Ted Henderson ran an ad in the Star: "Urgent-refined gentleman wants to meet widow with two tickets, third test, Christchurch, August 29, view to matrimony. Kindly send photographs of tickets...
...foreign women's final since 1937, Brazil's Maria Bueno, 19, the dark-haired Wimbledon champion, beat Christine Truman, Britain's power-hitting six-footer. It was the first time in the 79-year history of the U.S. championships that no American appeared in either title match...
...truth arising "from the friction of friendly minds." Thus the University becomes almost a playing field where issues of possible eternal salvation and damnation are gentlemanly tossed around by polite opponents. The danger with this method, however, is clear. If University discussion takes on the atmosphere of a sporting match, too often momentous ideas can become mere playthings...
...year 1959 provided serious theatregoers in the Boston area with a good deal of summer dramatic fare. The season was the most active since 1956; and if, on the whole, it did not quite match in quality the level of 1957, the highest within memory, it still offered plenty of things to be especially thankful...
Each has different problems. The mainly vocational school has to teach skills applicable to the local job market. The suburban school has to deal with many a boy not blessed with talents to match his parents' ambitions. Nobody can judge a school's performance without analyzing how well it serves the specific needs of its students...