Word: spectaculars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Royal Dish. This week, as Mossadegh got set to fly home (he indignantly denied that the Shah had ordered him home), he faced the toughest crisis of his short, spectacular stay in office. When he kicked the British out, he promised Iran that there would be plenty for all. Instead, the loss of the $4,000,000 monthly oil revenue has brought Iran's government near to bankruptcy, its currency near to worthlessness, and the long-unpaid civil servants to the verge of striking. At the present rate, the Teheran government has only enough money left for another month...
...after Princeton's 53-15 drubbing of Cornell, even cautious Charlie Caldwell had to admit that it looked as if he were heading for another perfect season. In a spectacular one-man show, Kazmaier ripped through the undefeated Cornell line, averaging seven yards a crack, completed a phenomenal 15 out of 17 passes and personally accounted for 360 yards gained-70% of Princeton's total and more-by half as much again-than the entire Cornell backfield...
Fullback Charlie Ufford played his most spectacular game of the year to lead a Crimson defense that was uniformly strong. Ufford made a brilliant save in the second half by leaping ten yards across the open goal to deflect a free shot. In addition all of his kicks were long and accurate...
...play with a minute left to go in the half changed the whole tenor of the came. Princeton had executed a screen pass play with spectacular success and Crimson quarterback Gil O'Neil had elected to try the same. But the Tiger's defensive guard Vie Bihl smelled the play coming because no Harvard lineman attempted to block...
...independent side, Councillor Edward J. Sullivan leads in a spectacular showing with 2,907 firsts. Observers thought that Sullivan, considered politically weak, would loose many votes because of a split home ward...