Word: pairing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...floor space is usable office area-an unusually high percentage for London buildings and a feature especially appreciated by British authorities, in the light of their austerity program. To save space, Rosenauer put two staircases (required by fire regulations) in the same stair well like the blades of a pair of scissors...
They had lost their jobs, had got behind in the rent, had come to fear they were "sliding to the gutter." He was a photographer; to buy whisky, he got a job as a restaurant counterman. The pair drank . . . and drank . . . and finally made a suicide pact. He remembered saying: "I'm going to strangle you." He remembered her answering, "O.K., honey, get it over with." When he awakened, he found the woman dead. He had turned on the gas-he hadn't wanted to live. Gently enough, the cops led him away...
...Elgin, Ill., arm-weary Frank Breen, 38, claimed four world horseshoe pitching records after a six-hour marathon with a pair of 2^-lb. shoes. The records: 1,362 ringers in 1,724 pitches; 271 points and 86 ringers in 100 consecutive throws; 28 ringers...
Dudley and Kirkland, Winthrop and Lowell, and Dunster and Adams pair off tonight on the top floor of the Indoor Athletic Building for another round in both A and B League tilts. With three weeks to go, no team has an edge...
...short holiday in Garmisch, Germany, NATO Commander General Matthew B. Ridgway, with his wife Penny and four-year-old son Matt Jr., watched the world championship bobsled races. To get into the spirit of the occasion, the general borrowed a pair of skis, got a few pointers from the nearest experts, and took off. Result: a beginner's traditional pratfall picture by an alert photographer...