Word: odd
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...odd signs distributed in the neighborhood were posted. But leaders of the sign project were undismayed, felt it was too early to assess the impact their idea. In the meantime, their experiment could stand by itself as a primer lesson in both democracy and economics...
...decades after Ventures was formed in 1928, Lindsley often traveled the hinterlands of Canada by pack and canoe, scouting mining properties. Ventures acquired the rich Falconbridge Nickel mines at Sudbury, Ont., Giant Yellowknife (gold) mine, United Keno Hill (lead) mines and a dozen other rich Canadian producers. The 20-odd Lindsley-controlled properties listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange are now valued at more than $236 million. Through a maze of 49 holding companies and operating subsidiaries, Ventures' mining interests have spread far beyond Canada and now are on four continents...
...Cairo rumor mill was spluttering overtime with word that Jordan's handsome King Hussein, 18, had finally decided to marry: 1) one of the 120-odd daughters of Saudi Arabia's King Ibn Saud, or 2) a daughter of Saudi Arabia's Prince Feisal, or 3) Egyptian Princess Dina Abdul Hamid...
...under-par 70 at the Oakmont Country Club, scene of this month's Open, against some 100,000 U.S., Canadian and Mexican golfers in the second annual LIFE and P.G.A.-sponsored National Golf Day for the benefit of U.S.O. and the National Golf Fund. Among the 10,000-odd golfers who beat Boros with the aid of handicaps were General Omar Bradley (81-12-69) and a six-year-old Orlando, Fla. boy named Bernie Bender...
...such odd lights and glimmerings, Explorer Fawcett conceived his grail and followed...