Word: sl
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Chicago, Ill.: Dec. 30 at 12:00 noon. Coach Lloyd Jordan will speak at the Hotel Sherman. Austin L. Wyman, Jr., 1 N. LaSalle SL.; Cicinnati, Ohio: Dec. 29, a dance at the University Club. Contact 1. Gerard Heathcote, 2484 Observatory Rd.; Dayton, Ohio: Dec. 30 at 8:15 p.m. Francis P. Locke, Dayton Daily News...
...star, was all but eclipsed during World War II, when the makers, Daimler-Benz A.G., having turned to producing engines for Hitler's Messerschmitt-109 and Tiger Tank, had their main Stuttgart plant almost destroyed by allied bombs. But since last year, when Mercedes' powerful new 300 SL (for Super Light) grabbed off top honors at one road race after another, the star has been shining brighter than ever. It is being polished by other stars such as Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper and Errol Flynn, who have been trooping to Germany to plunk down $8,215 apiece...
Fine Tolerances. As soon as Daimler-Benz was making money again, it went out to recapture its old racing honors. In 1952, it sent the powerful, speedy 300 SL to Brescia for Italy's famed Mille Miglia (1,000-mile race). Along went a famed prewar Mercedes figure, vat-sized Alfred Neubauer, 62, pit boss in the 1930s. Neubauer, who wears two stop watches about his neck and likes to keep a cooling case of Munich beer close by, had lost none of his cunning. Under his split-second training, crews changed tires and refueled the Mercedes...
...somewhat to the east of the Moselles, which does have a somewhat greater staying power; but it must be remembered that no white wine, not even a Montrachet, can really be said to improve with age. It is only the great red wines that do this. Harvey A. Leve SL...
...Harvard Young Republican Club itself will not back any pre-nomination candidate, stated President John B. Harrington SL last night. He added that, according to information received from Republican sources across the nation, dissatisfied young voters seem to be moving over party fences to the Republican side. "Therefore," he concluded. "I think we are going to win the election no matter who our candidate...