Word: nettings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fargason, the 5 ft., 10 in., 174-pound fullback, was listed as a third string reserve at the season's start. As a freshman, he saw only limited action, carrying the ball nine time for a net of 41 yards and a 4.7 average. But now, he is one of the central operators in Davidson's modified version of the buck-lateral series...
...city is overwhelmingly Democratic, the suburbs and upstate heavily Republican. New York elections are decided by which area goes its way by the biggest margin. The city's counties (called boroughs) are themselves divided (Manhattan, The Bronx and Brooklyn are Democratic; Queens and Richmond are Republican), but the net result is almost always Democratic. The politicians' rule of thumb has been that a Democrat who goes over the wall from New York City with a 500,000-vote margin will carry the state. There are indications in 1952 that this figure is out of date and that...
That would leave Stevenson facing upstate with a net lead of 200,000, which would probably not be enough if sentiment in that area remained the way it seemed to be two weeks before the election. In other words, it looks this week as if Eisenhower has a shade better than an even chance to carry New York...
...world premiere in London of Charlie Chaplin's Limelight (see CINEMA), one cinemagoer drew almost as much attention as the picture. Seated in the royal box amid frothy net, rich upholstery and white-tied escorts was Princess Margaret, dressed in a fetchingly low-cut crinoline gown and seemingly unaware of raised eyebrows and buzzing tongues...
Platform Manner. In South Bend, Ind., to advertise Fire Prevention Week, Fire Captain Anthony Miller made a surprise visit to the Rotary Club by aerial ladder through the second floor window, spoke briefly on fire prevention, then leaped out the window into a rescue net...