Word: thorntons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chief assets are shrewdness and good control. Scott, a former basketball player with a looping changeup, was the top pitcher at the start of last season before McCandlish began to develop. McCandlish finished the year with a 5-2 record; Scott was 6-5. Also around are juniors Paul Thornton and Larry Melfa, who saw spot action last year, and sophomores Bob Lincoln, Tom Munzel, and Jim Sersich...
Notes from Underground. Once explored, the tunnels are ready for demolition. But as Captain Herbert W. Thornton, 40, Alabaman team leader of the Tunnel Rats, says: "There isn't enough dynamite in Viet Nam to blow up all of them." That problem is solved by 10 Ibs. of a crystallized riot agent called CS (O-chlorobenzalmalononitrile), developed by the British for mob control. Placed on top of a powder charge, the CS is blasted throughout the tunnel, sticking to walls and floors. When it is disturbed by returning Reds, it gets into the respiratory system and causes nausea...
...Rich Mix. In the mixing process, Lehman's partners have enriched both their clients and their firm. When Charles ("Tex") Thornton and several associates quit Hughes Aircraft in 1953 to acquire Litton Industries, Lehman raised $1,500,000 for them. In return, the firm got 75,000 shares of Litton stock-for 100 to $1 a share. Last week, after three splits and seven stock dividends, each of those 75,000 shares was worth $737-though the firm has by now sold some of them. Lehman has also enhanced its growth and prestige by creating two of the largest...
...sophomore defenseman broke down the ice on the right and caught Northeastern napping. Carr rifled a forehand a foot off the ice that beat goalie Gary Thornton to the far side...
With five minutes remaining in the game, Dennis McCullough threaded the needle between three Huskies with a pass that hit Kent Parrot racing across the blue line. Parrot wasted no time stickhandling and fired from the edge of the face-off circle. The bullet glanced off Thornton's pad into the net for the wrap-up tally...