Word: nettings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...students poured out of their rooms one day last week, rushed into a coed dormitory and sorority houses. There they snatched up as many flimsy garments as they could, paraded about the campus in this year's first manifestation of that modern collegiate custom, the panty raid. Net result: seven students suspended. ¶ In a sudden burst of energy, the Georgia Board of Education carried the white man's burden into a new field: censorship. In quick succession, the board 1) objected to a new Stephen Foster songbook because the lines "Oh. darkies, how my heart grows weary...
...photosynthesis does not stop quite so suddenly. "It is like catching the leaf," he says, "with its pants down before it can adjust to darkness." Dr. Decker's method with Rabino-witch's nightmare may have considerable implications. A plant's production of food is the net result of its photosynthesis minus its respiration. Dr. Decker hopes to breed hybrid plants that breathe only slightly in sunlight, permitting photosynthesis to manufacture more food...
...back control of the road; he declined to stand for reelection, and for the first time since his father took over the New Haven railroad in 1948, there is no Dumaine on the board. For stockholders McGinnis had good news. He expects that, with the general improvement in business, "net income will be around $12 million, or $3,000,000 greater than in 1954." He promised that here will be a cash or stock dividend this year for stockholders, who have received no dividends since 1931. One of the innovations that McGinnis hopes will boost revenues was unveiled last week...
...Crimson's Ham Graven outlasted Art Ellison, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. Gravem's ground strokes were not as steady as usual, although his net play and mid-court volleying were consistently sharp. In a close two set match, Army's captain and number two, Roland Nordlie, edged Captain Alex Haegler, whose game was somewhat erratic...
Clocker Spanielle, CRIMSON handicapper, backed his choices at Suffolk Downs yesterday with $25 apiece. Result: a net profit of $140. Playing the sure-fire-method, Clocker bet all his horses to show...