Word: rosing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...After warming up with an easy 1,500-meter freestyle victory at the A.A.U. national indoor swimming championships in New Haven, Australian Olympian Murray Rose, 18, felt so relaxed that he forgot to count the laps when he kicked off next night in the 22O-yd. grind. With only 20 yds. left to go, Murray, now a Southern California freshman, suddenly realized the race was almost over. He thrashed up to full speed, just managed to come up from third to touch out his countryman and collegemate, Jon Henricks. in a meet-record...
When it was over, the audience rose and gave her one of the finest ovations of her long career. It seemed hard to believe that Dancer Graham is past...
Almost every top bathing-suit designer has an entry in the new line (see cuts). Cole of California, which grew fast on suits to let in the sun, is adding two chemise bathing suits that keep it out as effectively as any Gay Nineties rig. Designer Rose Marie Reid is putting a complete collection of voluminous prints and stripes with "stay-down legs" and tummy-hiding overblouses into 4,800 U.S. stores; Manhattan's Margaret Pennington, who specializes in hand-loomed suits, is selling 500 chemise swim suits monthly to such high-fashion stores as California...
...Akron dealers raffled off $100 a day among people who took trial drives in new cars, boosted sales by more than 50%. Philadelphia De Soto Dealer Harold B. Robinson promised buyers that they could postpone installment payments if laid off because of the recession. Result: Robinson's sales rose...
From the floor, several stockholders rose to ask for more detailed explanations. "What happened to your vision, Mr. Yates?" cried one. Asked another: Why had Yates's wife, Actress Vera Ralston, been put in starring roles in flop after Republic flop? Why, with the company wobbling, did the president ask for and get a salary of $150,000 this year...