Word: mel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their first race Coolidge's 'fifties showed that even when not rowing their best they could win handily. Working far too hard for their time of 7.23, the Crimson oarsmen finished two lengths ahead of Crowland, who never fell below thirty-six. Shortly after the race Mel Hodder, number five man in the Crimson boat, was taken to the hospital with stomach pains and underwent an operation. In the next day's race against Oriel College on Thursday, R.K. Chase replaced Hodder and the Crimson won easily in 7.20. Racing in their first event the same day, Love's heavies...
...despite such misgivings, most citizens agreed with Ike that it was worth a Sunday try. "I think it's damned healthy," said Minneapolis Contractor Don Knutson as he thought about the visit. "Whether it's Government or business, you've got to evaluate your competition." Added Mel Costa, a proprietor of a Detroit steakhouse: "If he means peace, I say O.K., let him come. If he doesn't mean peace, the hell with him. We got to show these people we mean business...
...Messaoud, in a field now estimated at 800 sq. mi. Two more promising oilfields have been discovered within a 50-mile radius of Edjelé, and one of the world's largest natural gas deposits (estimated reserves: 28 trillion cu. ft.) has been discovered at Hassi R'Mel, only 80 miles below the Algerian border...
...from Marseille to Karlsruhe. Sahara's natural gas might be transported to Europe either by tankers specially built to carry it in liquid form or by a trans-Mediterranean pipeline through Spain. And Algeria itself will benefit from a feeder line to carry gas from Hassi R'Mel to the steel plant which by De Gaulle's decree is to be built near...
...Adam refuses to accept the fact. He cannot begin a new world because he cannot forget the old; he cannot let social injustice die with the society that fostered it. At this point the moviemakers introduce a particularly amiable snake into their unedifying Eden. A cultivated white man (Mel Ferrer) wanders into town; and of course he too falls in love with the heroine...