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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...least, Billy Smith now has a leg that is better than any store model. At best, the operation portends a technique that may save many a limb in the future...
Although the sombre facade remains distressingly unaltered, save for stairs at the entrance and air-conditioning equipment atop the mansard roof, the interior has changed beyond recognition. Clever designing increased the usable floor space by 50 per cent without changing the hallowed limestone blocks. Architects Collaborative, which drew the reconstruction plans, gained space primarily by adding an extra floor, in fact one-and-a-half more floors the mezzanine and by eliminating the cavernous stairwell...
...second such test in perfecting the escape mechanism designed to save the astronauts' lives if they run into trouble during launchings...
Munro contends that Bagnoli is in no condition to take his customary pounding, and prefers to save him for the Yale contest. Besides, Bob Furbush, the second-string netminder, is a fine goalie in his own right. Forbush's only fault is that he does not "quarterback" the defense as Bagnoli does...
...first jobs was to work out a plan to help the House of Morgan meet the new conditions. Its assets had fallen from $118.6 million in 1929 to $39.2 million in 1940, as steep inheritance and income taxes ate away its strength. To save the firm from faltering, Morgan and Alexander worked out a plan to incorporate the old partnership, make it a public bank. In 1940 the firm changed its name to J. P. Morgan...