Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Three Republican-held Senate seats are in danger. One of these is held by Otto F. Burkhardt (R-Westfield) who defeated Democrat John J. O'Rourke by the scant margin of three votes in 1956. The two are fighting it out again this year, and O'Rourke would seem to have the edge. Two other GOP seats--in Brookline and Newton--are going to the challengers...
Local football followers will doubtless read with surprise this morning the results of this week's Associated Press football poll. Astonishing as it may seem, the so-called experts whose opinions are recorded by the A.P., have completely ignored the rightful claim of Harvard to be recognized as the best football team in the country...
...widows were comforted, many persons in the town muttered of dissatisfaction with life in Springhill, where no matter how often you took a bath you never could get yourself really clean. No one was ever going to get rich in Springhill, they knew that, and the work didn't seem the safest in the world. Mostly the young people talked of leaving first, of going up to Ontario where they could work in a factory. And a few oldtimers, generally of Scots origin, themselves admitted it mightn't be such a bad idea. But for the most part, the band...
...seven oils had set an alltime record of $2,186,800, easily surpassing last year's Lurcy sale in Manhattan, when 65 paintings racked up $1,708,500 (TIME, Nov. 18). But it had also distorted the art market beyond both sense and sensibility, made old masters seem bargains. Rubens' Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, just acquired by the National Gallery, was bought last year in London for a mere $92,400; El Greco's Christ Healing the Blind brought only...
...Ceiling-to-floor (8 ft.) doors and windows that simplify building. They also improve air circulation, make the house's six rooms seem much more spacious. Another cost-cutter: African-oak floor squares laid directly on the concrete foundation slab; they are only half as thick as ordinary wood parquet flooring yet are just as durable...