Word: station
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...junior varsity football team started off its season yesterday with an easy but convincing victory over the Newport Naval Station by a score...
Bicycles may be registered at the fire station near Memorial Hall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, or at the police station in Central Square from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays. Registrants are expected to obey all regulations concerning the operation of bicycles, and not to park on sidewalks...
...that university enrollment has doubled since 1939, with a 19% rise since 1954 alone. "At least 20% of my students have some real ambition for a profession," says a London primary school headmistress. "Before the war, hardly a single one would have presumed to think so far above his station." Says a London milkman: "If I'd 'ad chances wot my son 'as, I wouldn't be just a milkman, not bleedin' likely...
...time at all, e.g., hemorrhoid remedies. This spring, when the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's President Donald McGannon took charge of the N.A.B. code review board, offenders were told to stop talking about hemorrhoids and other such "intimately personal" problems or forfeit the code seal of approval, but 20 stations decided that they could get along without it. Further, McGannon's review board went on to criticize commercials for toilet paper, deodorants, laxatives, etc. In a confidential report shown to station owners and trade associations, McGannon's board finds much amiss with commercials for such privacy products. Items...
...instead of a direct-current generator. Chief advantages over a DC generator: more electrical energy at idling and low speeds, longer battery life. Initially, the Valiant (priced at about $2,000 plus taxes, but no extras) will be offered in a four-door sedan, with two and three seat station wagon models to follow by year...