Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Henry (Bailey played with the Harlem Globetrotters). Cincinnatti fans fear the Big O may turn pro after this season, but Robertson insists he will play his senior year for the Bearcats. Adds his mother fiercely: "The pros can't touch him. I'll have something to say about that. He's going to finish school first...
SHOE PRICES will rise as much as 10% this spring, say makers. Men's shoes will feel the pinch most...
...owners say that they would like nothing better than to run their ships under the U.S. flag and manned by U.S. seamen. But they claim that high U.S. wages and taxes force them to fly foreign flags to compete in the international market. It costs $44,000 per month to run a U.S.-flag Liberty ship, $19,000 per month for a Liberian-flag Liberty ship. U.S. tax law requires a vessel to be amortized over 20 years, whereas convenience-flag ships usually do it in ten. The U.S. Maritime Administration recognizes these economic facts of life, tacitly encourages...
...draws a pencil from the box he keeps there, and writes in longhand, reusing every sheet of paper (once on each side for separate works): "It's not only economical, but it's more cozy. The paper is not so fresh. It belongs to me, you might say...
...also no detriment to any concert to have a soloist like O'Brien Nicholas, whose work over the past few years has been so consistently brilliant that the most one can say is that she sounds even better this year than before. Thomas Beveridge sang with his dependable musicality. And Sharon Price, breaking into the clique, provided the contrast of a more personal and emotional interpretation of her aria which followed an identical one by Miss Nicholas in the opening Bach Cantata...