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As a big-league ball player, Cy never earned more than $2,500 a season, but he thought nothing of working in both halves of a double header. He never bothered much with fancy stuff-never threw a spitter even though it was legal, never relaxed with a change of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Iron Man | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

But the greatest engineering change in next year's models will be less spectacular; it will be the replacement of the carburetor by a fuel-injection system by at least one automaker. Long used in aircraft and racing cars, fuel injection has been thought too tricky and expensive for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE RADAR BRAKE | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

A tricky Socialist motion attacking "general government policy" gave Deputies the chance to vent their annoyance at Faure without going on record against an early election. Members muttered and interrupted Faure as he spoke until he finally shouted: "You asked me for a reckoning. The least you can do is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Dissolve & Rule | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

Benson also had the tricky corn-hog ratio to consider. This ratio determines, in effect, whether a farmer can make more money by selling his corn or by feeding it to his hogs (it takes about 9 bu. of shelled corn to put 100 lbs. on a hog). When the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: Pork Price Drops | 10/31/1955 | See Source »

In the JV game, Dartmouth made all its scores on clever running and tricky, well executed plays against the more inexperienced Crimson JV's.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen, J.V.'s Fail to Score on Hanover Elevens | 10/22/1955 | See Source »

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