Word: rolls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this statement: "So far, nobody has written a song called Sliding Along on a Timken Tapered Roller Bearing with You, Baby." Probably one of the reasons that no such title has been given to a song is the fact that Timken tapered roller bearings, unlike old-style friction bearings, roll rather than slide. This is one of the features that will make it possible for the railroads to get a return of 22% on their investment when they equip all freight cars with roller bearings...
...Timken Roller Bearing Company Canton, Ohio ¶How about Roll, Roll, Roll Your Timkens Merrily down the Tracks...
...grain, dairy and cotton areas generally plumping for high, rigid supports and those from livestock and diversified sections favoring flexibility. In view of the split, the Eisenhower Administration this week was fighting for the votes of Northern, big-city Democrats, who will hold the balance of power when the roll calls come. Vice President Nixon, Secretary Benson and his Under Secretary, True D. Morse, were ready with speeches that emphasized a point of particular interest to big-city Congressmen: high, rigid price supports mean high, rigid food costs...
...temporary pound, but time and again the cornered cows would charge their pursuers and escape, frightening the wits and the sleep out of many Delhi citizens dozing in cots on the streets. When finally trapped, the cows would lie down and 8 or 10 people would have to roll each beast to the pound...
...They live in the great beds of kelp that fringe the shores of the North Pacific, where they lead an easy and highly specialized life, floating much of the time on their backs with their forearms folded over their chests. Whenever they feel hungry, all they need do is roll over and dive to the bottom for sea urchins. They bring the sea urchins to the surface, lay them out on their chests and eat them at leisure, just as if they were sitting at a well-stocked dining-room table...