Word: roster
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some 1,000 guests at the Country Club of Detroit, which will be extensively redecorated, just for the evening, to provide proper dash and elegance for a ball whose theme will be 18th century French. Occasion: the coming-out of their daughter, Debutante Charlotte Ford, 18. The guest roster is a Who's-Really-Who of U.S. business, upper-crust society and showfolk, with a suitable seasoning of European nobility...
Pacing the Crimson roster, Jim Roberts, the New England Intercollegiate champion, downed three opponents to remain undefeated in epee. Almost overtaking the Harvard squad, the Engineers slashed their way to 6-3 and 5-4 wins in saber and foil, respectively...
Behind this array lies strong depth. In every event the varsity roster lists two good swimmers. The backstroke will see Jay Hayden and Sandy Maw, who placed in the Easterns last season...
After an hour-long conference with his top space advisers, Dwight Eisenhower i) finally terminated the space mission of the Army, thus cutting down by one the roster of overlapping U.S. space agencies (TIME, Oct. 19), and 2) transferred the Army's 4,300-man ballistic-missile team led by Rocketeer Wernher von Braun to the civilian National Aeronautics and Space Administration (subject to congressional approval next session...
Still, the opinion around the practice field is that "you can never tell about Columbia." The Lions have several exchange students on their roster, many with considerable individual talents. As a result, they usually display an unpredictable "razzle-dazzle" offense, with fancy dribbling, spectacular shooting, and, inevitably, a modicum of teamwork...