Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Auto production went from zero in 1955 to 66,316 vehicles last year, is shooting for 110,000.this year and 274,000 by 1961-90% made-in-Brazil by weight and 95% by value...
...subsidized by the University, is composed of members of both the College and graduate schools. O'Neil, next year's president, is a Dublin, Ireland, doctor, studying on a fellowship at the Medical School. A former Olympic swimmer, he was also amateur boxing champion of Ireland for his weight class...
...sprang a hull leak, and a torrent of water gushed through. The Dandara came to a halt in midriver. Crewmen managed to transfer 50 passengers to a nearby barge, then desperately steered for shore. But near the bank, the panicking crowd rushed to the shoreside rails. Under the sudden weight, the Dandara slowly tipped onto its side...
...rescuers tossed him a towline, whereupon the stalled skipper triumphantly tied it around his waist and hollered "Let's go!" One of the classic invitations to trouble comes for the outboard owner when the engine quits. The owner lunges to the stern to fix it. His added weight brings the transom, already too low in the water, lower still. A five-gallon wave (roughly 50 lbs.) slops aboard. The next wave comes in easier, and the boat swamps...
Born. To Philip Crosby, 24, son of Bing, twin brother of Dennis, and Sandra Jo Drummond, 20: their first child, a daughter; in Hollywood. Name: Dixie Lee (after Philip's late mother). Weight...