Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even with the tie, the Tiger fans had good reason to rejoice. Harvard had an eleven game winning streak against Princeton going into the Saturday night contest--a string which started back...
Where the West German businessmen must generally charge 8% interest on credits, the Communists frequently charge as little as 2½%. This is not philanthropy: in every such bargain there is a concealed political string. To pay for Communist arms and aid, Egypt's Nasser has mortgaged much of his cotton crop for years ahead. By reselling this cotton at cut prices to Western textile manufacturers (including West Germans), the Communists have driven Egyptian cotton exporters out of much of the European market, have thus deprived Egypt of a major source of foreign exchange and reduced her ability...
...members ) Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. Calling itself "the first victim of automation,'' the federation (total membership: 260,000) says that only 75,000 members now make a living from music (average: $3,500 yearly). The union also reports a serious shortage of young string players, is handing out a minimum of 50 scholarships a year for instrumental students. Local 802 is particularly concerned with New York City's still relatively lusty night life, is spending $75,000 to kindle dancing feet and wind up aging swizzle-stick tappers...
...varsity fencing team will be trying for its sixth victory against three defeats tonight when it faces M.I.T. in Walker Memorial Gymnasium. The Crimson will start its first-string lineup against the strong and improving Engineer squad...
...this atmosphere arrived an unlikely heroine: a strong-jawed, 26-year-old matron named Anna Cora Mowatt. Anna's lawyer-husband had broken down physically and financially, and Anna blithely set out to recoup by writing a play. Fashion, her maiden effort, ran a respectable string of performances at the Park in 1845, and launched Author Mowatt on a heady career as an actress. It also gave the U.S. its first home-grown play of any success...