Word: pounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...challenges Mr. Kaiser's right to use the phrase "the not-so-faint susurrus of hosannahs," which "makes a mockery of the English language." He recommends that Mr. Kaiser get a good dose of Fowler's "Modern English Usage." As it turns out it would seem that Ezra Pound, about whom the review was written, is the one who needs Fowler. (P.S. I am sure Mr. Pound would like nothing better than to receive a copy of "Modern English Usage.") If the not-so erudite Mr. Smail would care to read Mr. Pound's rather well-known poem, "Hugh Selwym...
...first Herbert Haines 150-pound crew trophy went to Samuel M. Allen '51 of Eliot House and Glendale, Ohio, on Tuesday night. The Haines Trophy was established by last year's 150 pound crew; it will be awarded annually to the upperclass lightweight oarsman who "best exemplifies the spirit of 150-pound rowing...
Allen's trophy honors veteran 150-pound crew coach Bert Haines...
Derrick Wild beat Bill Brawley in the 155-pound singles over a half-mile. Morgan Hatch edged Charles Gardiner of the Business School in comps, while Ed Wilford came in ahead of Lee Segel in wherries...
Pratt & Whitney has already made big gains in solving the problem.lt has worked out high-alloy mixes which eliminate the use of columbium completely in the J-48. It has also reduced the use of other critical metals to a mere fraction of a pound per engine. Others have developed substitutes which permit existing supplies of the critical metals to be stretched 15 times farther...