Word: slot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...roof "recreation deck," leaked water into the "world's biggest" casino (30,000 sq. ft.), directly below. Dwarfed by a stage as large as that of Radio City Music Hall, Barbra Streisand belted out Hello, Dolly and On a Clear Day for 2,000 champagne-swigging guests, while slot machines clacked merrily in the background...
...steady, cool and dependable singles player, "The Rock" was a fixture at the number two slot all season, and his victory over Princeton's Rick Howell was the turning point in the Crimson's 5-4 victory over the co-champion Tigers...
...really won the 1968-69 season? Michael Dann, CBS senior vice president for programming, feels that he did. With CBS in second place midseason, Dann decided to shift Hawaii Five-0 from its 8 p.m. Thursday time slot (where it started opposite Flying Nun and the second half of Daniel Boone) to 10 p.m. Wednesday (against the less formidable competition of The Outsider and a movie). As a result, Hawaii Five-0 climbed from a 26% share of the audience to 37%. Without that shift, NBC might have finished in first place...
Terry Oxford, playing in the third slot, lost his first set, and trailed 4-2 in the second, with a 40-5 game score. He captured that game and went on to win that set and the one following...
...only Princeton senior in the lineup is Win Irwin, who will play against number three Terry Oxford, also a senior. Irwin might have difficulty against Oxford, who unexpectedly went 13-0 last year at the number four slot...