Word: roster
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year-end study of the roster of U.S. daily newspapers provided the American Newspaper Publishers Association with an unexpected surprise: 18 new dailies were born in 1961, and only 13 disappeared. Exulting that a list which had been dwindling for years was suddenly showing signs of growth, A.N.P.A. General Manager Stanford Smith predicted that "the future trend will be toward more dailies to serve the public." The A.N.P.A. did not mention two far less encouraging trends...
...Fraser was already talking about retiring: Emerson and Laver insisted they had no immediate plans to turn pro. But these days, the top amateurs, both in the U.S. and Australia, almost always defect to the pros. But Australia plans for such losses. Ever since 1950, the ever-changing Aussie roster has almost always been good enough to lick the rest of the world. The teams...
Tshombe had his friends in the U.S. Congress as well. One vocal group of U.S. supporters formed a Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters; its roster ranged from respectable conservatives to right-wing ultras and included such Southern states' righters as Racist Senator James Eastland of Mississippi. They reasoned that Tshombe is one of the few African leaders who are proven anti-Communists and friendly to the white man. Katanga, continued the argument, has a right to self-determination if it prefers independence from the central government, particularly since it is by far the stablest of all Congolese...
...ranking him with Olivier and Gielgud. No one who has seen A Man for All Seasons will quibble for a moment. The son of a schoolmaster, Scofield learned his actor's trade as a member of the Birmingham Repertory, played Shakespeare at Stratford on Avon and a brilliant roster of contemporary roles on the London stage. In one of his rare appearances outside the United Kingdom, he was mobbed six years ago by Moscow fans who admired his Hamlet. He has a wild shock of dark, grey-flecked hair and a face that seems to rearrange itself for every...
Welland has added defensemen Ron Thomson and Mike Patterson to his roster for the game, as well as the high-scoring junior varsity line of Chuck Mercer, Dick Blakey, and Mike Tyler...