Word: platee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...real name: Yves Leleu) was living up to his legend as the fire-eating knight-errant of war journalism. In the 24 hours since he had landed with the first French ground troops, Roy had taken over two jeeps and a Chevrolet truck, daubed each with a new license plate, "Balzac 00-24" (the phone number of Paris-Match), and whirled through a typical swashbuckling round of good deeds and derring...
...some stocks bounced up more than two points in an hour, then slipped back. By week's end the Dow-Jones industrial average had dipped to 480.67 for a 4.68-point loss. Only steels were consistent gainers, and there the star was Lukens Steel, makers of heavy steel plate for ships. Jumping as much as 12 points a session, it shot 34½ points higher during the week, closed at a new peak of 148 for a better than 300% gain since...
...Leave visible meat fat on the plate; eat fish oftener; use nonfat milk and nonfat cheese...
...Contributions to 48 Protestant and two Eastern Orthodox Communions in the U.S. reached a record high of $1,842,592,260 during 1955, announced the National Council of Churches. Per capita contribution to the collection plate...
According to Ready, the Cambridge police leave no visible sign that they have ticketed a Massachusetts car. Whereas they leave the actual ticket under the windshield wiper of an out-of-state car, they merely take down the license plate number of a Massachusetts resident. The police then check with the Registry of Motor Vehicles to find out who owns the car, and send him his summons through the mail...