Word: overnights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Overnight fame came to this Tennessee lawyer...
...speech may change an opinion, but never a vote," goes an old and cynical marim of French politics. Last week in the marble hall of the National Assembly, the maxim was dramatically shattered. The bright and comparatively young politician who did it transformed overnight, for good or ill, the French and the world political scene...
When Mao Tse-tung's armies were overrunning China in 1946 and 1947, the value of the Chinese dollar plummeted overnight. In came a steady stream of cables asking, 'What do we price the magazine at today?' Originally, TIME in China cost 150 Chinese dollars (30? U.S.), but with the sharp devaluation of the coin, TIME was soon going for 30,000 dollars a copy and higher." Current price of TIME on Formosa: five Taiwan dollars...
...said nothing doing, you're not good enough," Bulla recalls. "I think by the end of the year I had won about $500 and Sam had knocked down $10,000." Snead became the overnight sensation of golf. He took sixth place in the Los Angeles Open, then won the Oakland Open and the Bing Crosby tournament over the full field of America's top professionals. Sportswriters dubbed him "Slamming Sammy." In Los Angeles one day, on a practice tee, Snead tried out a decrepit driver belonging to Henry Picard...
...last alternative the girl has, if she can get the transportation, is the overnight on a weekend. For this reason the bulletin board at the Student Union is always covered with ride requests from girls. To take a weekend, however, a girl must first obtain permission from the Dean of Women. This comes after the girl has presented a completed form from her parents, filled out at the start of the year, for permissions of all types: "Are you willing to have your daughter...