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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When San Manuel hits full production, perhaps by midsummer, it will process 30,000 tons of ore daily and yield 70,000 tons of copper yearly, plus 3.000 tons of molybdenum as a byproduct. Thus Magma, which has only one other smelter (at Superior, Ariz.), will boost its total copper production to almost 100,000 tons yearly, jump from sixth to third place among U.S. producers (after Kennecott and Phelps Dodge). At peak production San Manuel will expand U.S. copper output by 8%, molybdenum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MINING: Life In the Desert | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

...unaccustomed superior feeling was not unreasonable. By winning, the Crimson would have tied Princeton for first place in the League; Friday night the team had come from behind to upset a good Penn club, 86 to 78. Ike Canty had poured in 12 points in the last seven minutes, and the team had scored on a phenomenal 49 per cent of its field goal attempts...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Crimson Five Edges Penn, Drops Close Cornell Game | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

...guilty verdict or an indictment dismissal leaves more possibilities. In both instances an appeal would be almost certain. What ruling the superior Federal courts would make is, of course, in doubt. If Kamin were found guilty, the severity of his sentence would be another doubtful factor...

Author: By Victor K. Mcelheny, | Title: Kamin Trial Decision Due This Morning | 1/5/1956 | See Source »

University sources were fairly unanimous in ascribing victory to the "fighting spirit" and superior field generalship of the Crimson, which caglly allowed Oregon to expend its energy near the middle of the field, but as soon as its goal was threatened, summoned enough resources to repulse the Westerners. Oregon rooters, however, claimed their team had decisively outplayed the Easterners and had only lost by a fluke...

Author: By Phillip M. Boffey, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 12/20/1955 | See Source »

...would be easy to conclude that Red Roses for Me does not show Sean O'Casey at his best, a conclusion which is on the whole quite justified. Even mediocre O'Casey, however, is superior to the best that most other contemporary playwrights have been able to produce, and many parts of Red Roses for Me tend to prove that the old Irishman is the greatest living play writer...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Red Roses for Me | 12/20/1955 | See Source »

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