Word: slash
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lithe and trim at 178 Ibs., Patterson gave away 15 Ibs. to Jackson and came out slugging with both hands. He darted under the amazing (80-in.) reach of Jackson to slash right and left hands to the head. It was like punching a bowling ball. Jackson (193½ Ibs.) merely blinked, plowed forward. Patterson was so eager that he frequently resorted to amateurish tricks, even tried leaping-kangaroo right hand leads that would have invited destruction from a smarter opponent...
...Blowproof Tire. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is test-marketing a nylon cord tire within a tire that it says can be driven about 250 miles after a puncture or blowout bad enough to slash the casing. The tire has two casings-inner and outer-each with an independent air supply. If the outer casing is punctured, the built-in-spare inner casing keeps the tire inflated. Goodyear hopes its Captive-Air tire will replace the tubeless tire, which turns punctures into slow leaks and allows a safe but quick stop. Price: 40%-60% more than standard tubeless tires...
Elephant Problems. The lone big-time survivor, Ringling Bros., last week said that business in Manhattan and Boston so far this year is down only 7% to 11% from record 1955, predicted that 1956 would be the fourth best year in its history. Ringling has valiantly tried to slash costs in recent years, e.g., by installing a centralized purchasing system, designing a new nylon Big Top which is hauled up and down by hydraulic jacks and should last three years...
...nasty slash of paradox defaces this pretty picture: though membership of the American Federation of Musicians last week stood at an alltime peak of 256,000, there are fewer jobs for U.S. musicians every month...
...fierce effect. Without it, the author could hardly convey how awful it is to be Milt, how vile it is to run from life like a frightened pig, to crush everything in the path, and in the end (as a pig's sharp trotters sometimes will) to slash your own throat...