Word: tanked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rolls owners are Steven B. Sharp '52 (lower picture) and his bother Rodman '51. Their sleek black 1930 convertible with red trimmings boasts chromium-plated cylinder walls, a silver-nicked radiator, an aluminum body, overhead values, an automatic lubrication system, two ignition systems, two carburetors, and a spare gas tank. A wheel can be changed in less than a minute. Its only failures, according to the Sharps, are "the lack of a built-in machine-gun turret and the inordinate amount of gas it consumes...
...Fords, admits his plain black job "doesn't have much character; it's just a darn good car." Lacking the rustic qualities of a Model T or the urbane class of a Rolls, the car amazed its owner recently by apparently running 10 miles on an empty gas tank and coming to a dead stop before a gas station...
...special with her water from Hereford, where tooth decay is almost unknown, supposedly because of fluorine in the water (TIME, Nov. 10, 1941). She sewed up commercial rights with the town of Hereford ("For all the water we'll ever need"), and leased a 10,000-gallon railway tank car to haul the water to Hollywood at $1,100 a trip...
...ensuing disturbance, one police squad car had three of its tires deflated and its license plates, windshield wiper and gas tank cap taken. The only other police casualty was a plainclothesman who was punched in the teeth; his assailant escaped into the crowd before he could be apprehended...
...Deacons will be depending on quarterback Hol French and four other veterans of last fall's crack team to keep their single-wing attack moving. Coach "Tank" Langdale isn't overly worried about his "new line," and his team is two deep in every position. Half of last year's championship first-stringers have returned for this season...