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Mass. Avenue's cobblestones will disappear, along with the tracks of the trolley line replaced last year by busses. The Avenue's corrugated surface has rocked vehicles for over 30 years; the new topping of bituminous concrete will result in smoother riding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quincy Sq. Bows To Rotary Craze | 10/14/1949 | See Source »

...expanded Student Employment Committee to investigate Radcliffe's appointment bureau and to promote smoother dormitory-commuter relations for 1949-50 head recommendations adopted last week by delegates to Radcliffe's Cedar Hill Conference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Conference Meets To Advise 1949-50 Policies | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...laying out millions for Consolidated, Odium soon ruefully realized that "I could have picked up the shares for a lot less if I had waited." But he was still confident that Consolidated's 6-36 bomber would pull him into smoother air. To get the bugs out of the 6-36 and get it into production, he brought in ex-T.W.A. President La Motte T. Cohû as boss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Rough Ride | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...Martin & Lewis nightclub act is a far smoother vehicle than the one they started rolling in Atlantic City, but it is still built along the same lines. It would be even better with tightening. The boys kid the orchestra, imitate each other, pour water on people's cigars, whisper secrets, shout non sequiturs at the mike, fight for its possession, spoil each other's jokes, order the customers to laugh, discuss them cattily when they don't-and altogether are apt to ramble on for two hours or more without a break. "We know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Talk of Show Business | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

Next morning, after workmen had spent all night spraying 20,000 gallons of water on the run to make it smoother and faster, Brakeman Bill Casey and his U.S. fellow crewmen adjusted their helmets and inspected their 507-lb. sled. The driver was ruddy-cheeked Stan Benham, chief of the Lake Placid fire department, who turned to bobsledding four years ago because he found ski-jumping too tame. When Benham said, "All right, let's go boys," all four took their positions for the push-off. Once in motion, with feet planted in stirrups and hands clutching straps, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Secret of Shady Corner | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

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