Word: starters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Self-Starter. In Fauquier County, Va., Irving Hanback published a legal notice in the Fauquier Democrat: "I will not be responsible for any more charge accounts made by me or my wife...
...there is in nature anyone who would talk and gesture quite as he does; but director Robert Mulligan has wisely refused to force him down to life-size, and on the stage every stroke carries conviction. Bring on the grand old adjectives ("magnificent," above, will serve as a starter) for George C. Scott...
Larry Repsher sustained a foot injury last week. He worked out Tuesday night and last night but his status as a starter is still unknown...
...injuries, most notably at fullback where the depth chart trails off into an embarrassing nothingness after starter Sam Halaby. Second stringer Chris Hauge is sidelined with rib injuries, third stringer Jon Serbin will be out for the season with a fractured vertebra, and even Halaby is suffering from bruised ribs. In the emergency, halfback Glenn Haughie has been pressed into service as a fullback on a week's notice, but Yovicsin still winces at the situation...
Peep Show. The earliest starter-General Motors' Buick-broke away fast. Buick General Manager Edward T. Ragsdale happily reported that dealers sold an estimated 20,000 the first two days, ordered 52,358 more the first week. In little more than a week, Buick had accomplished a sales job that required two months last year. From Boston to Seattle, showroom crowds ran two to four times higher than last year's. So did firm orders. "Only one thing has kept us from selling a whole lot more right now," said Sales Manager Clarence J. Lauer of Emerson...