Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fans at the Boston Garden last night would doubt that Boston College has a better hockey team than Harvard. The Eagles registered their third straight victory over the Crimson, this time by a convincing 6-4 score, in spite of a last-second varsity goal. In going down to defeat, the Crimson was eliminated from the Beanpot Tournament, along with Northeastern, which bowed to B.U. by a 7-4 margin...
Rare is the star nowadays who is willing to sign for a tour. "Actors aren't nomads anymore," says Actress Arlene Francis. "They're only interested in security, and they can get that by staying home and working 52 weeks a year on television." Says Celeste (Third Best Sport) Holm: "People used to tour as a whole family. Family life was preserved in that trunk you hear about. Families still reminisce about being together for Christmas in Dubuque and all that jazz. Today, actors won't give up family life at home...
...Hotel to put on one performance for 1,200 conventioneers from the National Homebuilders Association. Said one homebuilder: "This is exactly the sort of thing this industry needs. We're too stodgy." ¶ Jingly, gutter-wise Threepenny Opera passed its 1,405th performance, became New York's third longest running musical, behind Oklahoma! (2,248) and South Pacific (1,925). Gross of the 229-seat Theater de Lys totals $1,250,000 -more than the combined take of the other top 18 off-Broadway shows for the past ten years...
...Department-store sales across the nation climbed 5% in January's third week, chalking up the third straight week of gain over 1958 levels...
...cars will be rounded and tucked in. They will also be much lighter. Wide use of aluminum, coupled with a redesigning of thousands of individual parts from bolts to caps, will cut the overall weight to around 2,500 Ibs., almost one-third less than the weights of the 1959 Ford, Chevy and Plymouth. This in turn will mean up to 25 miles per gallon of gas, an economy factor that will get more important as gasoline taxes go up. Yet the cars will not be minimum, European-style transportation. They will include U.S. features such as wrap-around windshields...