Word: sec
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Auckland to set a spate of records. Californian Parry O'Brien put the shot 58 ft. 4 in., and heaved the discus 159 ft. 3 in., for New Zealand marks. Helped by a following wind, Texan Bobby Morrow ran off a world-record-tying loo-yd. dash (09.3 sec.). New Zealander Murray Halberg also contributed a local record with an impressive 4:02.2 mile ¶Proving just how far professional football had progressed as a crowd pleaser, President Jack Mara of the New York Giants calmly turned down an offer of $1,000,000 for the club that...
...class, Noble, by decision (9-4); in the 157 lb. class, Eastling, by a pin (time 1:10); in the 167 lb. class, Sullivan, by a pin (time 5:20); in the 177 lb. class, Foster, by default; and in the heavyweight division, Leary, by a pin (time 38 sec...
...pass muster under the mellow fog. Until the electronic age, except for musicians playing outdoors, everybody was accustomed to the old sound. When Toscanini first walked into NBC's studio 8-H, he clapped his hands, heard the echo die within a second and passed his judgment: "Too sec" i.e., dry. He was referring to the shorter reverberation time, achieved by acoustical engineers who could prove that it made music sound clearer. At Kresge, the reverberation time is 1½ seconds, actually a compromise, but unusually sec to conventional ears...
...clipped. A Federal Court ruled that Alleghany belonged under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose strict rules would probably have prevented Young from using the company as he had. Last week, as Young pondered an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, he reluctantly registered Alleghany under SEC...
Harold L. Goldberg. Dudley; PBH drives committee; sec., interhouse dance committee; JV football mgr.; House committee; Varsity Club; Chairman, Dudley social committee...