Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last summer (TIME, July 8), the only physician in the marshland town of Cameron (pop. 3,000), at the southwestern corner of Louisiana, was Cecil William Clark, 33, who ran a community medical center with a twelve-bed hospital. Dr. Clark was confident that his new brick house would ride out the storm, but he was worried about the frame clinic building (with only a brick veneer) and its eight bedfast patients. Leaving their three youngest children at home with a maid, Dr. Clark and his wife Sybil (a nurse-anesthetist) set out soon after 2 a.m. to evacuate...
...winnings at slot machine, crap table and roulette wheel. But they had nothing to gamble with until Quarterback John Brodie passed to Halfback Hugh McElhenny and won the game in the last 54 seconds, 17-13. After that, whether they won or lost at the gaming tables, the long ride home seemed short and sweet...
...tried to accost a Radcliffe senior at 9 p.m. Tuesday while she was walking home alone through the Cambridge Common. The girl escaped to the street, where a passing driver who had heard her screams gave her a ride to the dormitory...
...ride out the storm last week. Capital President David H. Baker and Chairman J. H. ("Slim") Carmichael flew to London, hoping to stretch out payments on their Viscount fleet. In addition. Capital is economizing everywhere, may trim its 8,000-man payroll by 10%. Yet its main hope rests with CAB. Barring subsidy, it wants a healthy fare increase. Without it, Capital may eventually be forced to shut down or merge, possibly with Northwest Airlines...
...those who are lucky enough to get into Holden Green or Shaler Lane, the wait is worthwhile. Reasonable rent, clean paint, and a five-minute bicycle ride ("with practice," one student asserted) are the rewards. For those who obtain private rentals through the Housing Trust, the results are not quite so fortunate...