Word: upper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yale instituted its method of using machines to decide assignment to upper-class "colleges" because 80 per cent of the Freshmen were applying to the two "popular" colleges, leaving the remaining eight with virtually no applications...
...first year here, Riesman will teach only one half-course, a Spring term, upper-level Soc. Sci. entitled "Character and Culture in America." In the Fall, he plans to finish up research projects he is now working on at the University of Chicago...
...Manhattan courtroom, an all-male blue-ribbon jury studiously listened to the story of a thoroughly senseless murder. Seven boys, 15 to 19, were on trial for the gang killing of polio-crippled, 15-year-old Michael Farmer in a Washington Heights park in upper Manhattan last summer (TIME, Aug. 12). Developed by the prosecution and no fewer than 27 court-appointed defense lawyers, the story unfolded slowly: the gang, called the Egyptian Dragons, had armed themselves with knives, a machete, a heavy dog chain, sticks, pipes and garrison belts, slipped into the park looking for members of a rival...
More notable was the performance of the Chrysler New Yorker, driven by Alsbury's brother George, 21. It not only took second place in the overall run and first in the upper-medium-price class, but it showed the best performance of all cars in straight mileage. The New Yorker, eighth heaviest car in the race, averaged 21.0217 miles per gallon to beat out all cars in every class, including the smaller and lighter cars...
...Upper-Medium-Price Class. Chrysler New Yorker, 21.0217; De Soto Fireflite, 19.6573; Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, 18.8390; Mercury Park Lane, 17.4186; Oldsmobile 98, 17.4849; Buick Century, 17.6698; Edsel Citation, 17.2474; De Soto Fireflite...