Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...passer, Ruth completed 50 out of 122 tries in 1951, for 616 yards and three tallies. But on the ground, he is something less than a menace. In 46 attempts, he netted minus 99 yards, for an average of minus 2.1 yards...
...FYLFOT. **GLAD, i.e. a GLADstone bag minus one stone
...Minus Mr. Julia, who was detained by some aspect of his formidable commercial pursuits, both delegations travelled to Chicago and two days before the Convention began reported to headquarters. There the National Committee's general counsel, Ralph Gates, reminded them of a bit of red tape which they had left loose-ended: they had not registered officially twenty days in advance of the Convention, an oversight which according to Party rules could cost them their seats if the party leaders wished. A bargaining session was in order, and since the National Committee had already adjourned, Gates and Gabrialson decided...
...reply. He had already suppressed it for what he called the good of the nation. But after the Democratic Convention, when Sparkman, now the vice-presidential nominee, asked again, Harry Truman changed his mind. Last week, for the good of the party, he took the wraps off the document (minus about 40 pages chopped out for security reasons...
Slightly Used. In Pittsburgh, Barbara W. Ford notified police that her car had been stolen, received it eight days later minus engine, five wheels, five tires, three brake drums, one battery, two tail lights, and two floor mats...