Word: mats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After falling behind in the early events, the Crimson varsity wrestlers won the last three matches to overcome a seven-point deficit and defeat Amherst, 20 to 13. It was the second consecutive victory for the mat team...
...proofread, corrected, put together by compositors into final form for printing-then thrown away. Such type is called "bogus"; it is set just to be thrown away. Setting bogus type became a widespread practice at the turn of the century after advertisers began sending their ads out in "mats," i.e., molds into which metal is cast to make the completed ad without setting type. To counteract this labor-saving device, the International Typographical Union wrote contracts with publishers requiring that a duplicate ad be set in type every time a mat is used...
Mothers Do Not Desert. Hunter Oberjohann traveled light. He slept beneath the sky on grass mat and saddle, ate only once a day, native style. To keep off mosquitoes, he often lived in a swath of thick toweling. All the while, day & night, he followed the herds through the stinking swamps, disdaining snakes, crocs and insects in his passion for pachyderms...
Welcome. In Skiatook, Okla., Mr. & Mrs. Edward Davis were sued for $28,434.20 damages by a house guest who said that she had tripped and fallen over the Davises' door mat...
...Robot Cook. At Manhattan's airlines terminal and other busy places, Lunch-O-Mat Corp. installed a new food-vending machine which uses a Raytheon radar stove (TIME, Oct. 28, 1946) to cook and serve a hamburger, a baked ham sandwich, frankfurter or coffee within 15 seconds after coins are dropped in the slot. The vender also serves cold sandwiches, pies, milk and fruit juices. Price of the machine...