Word: tacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Caught in the middle of the ten-boat floot. Bishop successfully managed to tack his way out of the jam, eventually ending a solid fourth. Williams, though, placed second again. Because the Cup is awarded on the basis of a two-day performance, the Purple was thus able to capture the trophy...
...Bowles,* 61, who parlayed an inherited newspaper (the Springfield, Mass. Republican) into a multimillion-dollar empire; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Starting with the paper founded in 1824 by his great-grandfather, Bowles finally owned large slices of Bell Aircraft Co., Manhattan's Longchamps restaurant chain, Atlas Tack Co., a Wall Street skyscraper. Involved for nearly two decades in skirmishes with his unionized Springfield employees, he tried, in 1947, to deliver his own papers from his strike-crippled Daily News plant, got fined $25 for piloting the paper's truck without a driver's license...
Many of the "bargains" are not as good as they look; frequently they are discontinued models. Furthermore, many discounters tack on "extras" for delivery, provide none of the servicing and repair offered by established dealers. Most also sell for cash only. On the other hand, many of the fastest-growing discount houses, e.g., Los Angeles' big B.& T. Sales Co. (1951 volume: $1,100,000) and Manhattan's Masters, Inc. ($5,000,000), give the normal guarantees and servicing and offer the latest models. Masters, Inc. has even made a deal with the National City Bank by which...
...court promised to consider the plea. Meanwhile, not to let a sleeping story lie, Billy was busy on another tack. He hired a West Coast attorney to check the validity of Eleanor's 1938 divorce from Bandleader Art Jarrett. The divorce was quite in order, retorted Eleanor's attorney, but so far as Rose's action was concerned, "I shall not comment on its moral nature except to say that I do not think it will rank high among the decent or gracious acts...
Weathermen expect the cold spell to last most of the week with possible snowfalls by next weekend. Airlines said they will still schedule flights, but warned they couldn't promise anything Railroad officials expect to be swamped with reservations from students this week. Many are making tentative plans to tack more cars on existing runs, and possibly schedule additional ones...