Word: customers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...partisan Franklin Field crowd watched, too entranced even to indulge in the custom of passing freshmen up to the top of the stands, Navy struck first against the Quakers, tallying early in the first period...
...Miss America, Mississippi's custom-made (36-24-36) Lynda Lee Mead, 20, got a roaring welcome-home parade in her home town of Natchez (pop. 29,200) from some 50,000 curbsiders. In Jackson, state legislators, elated over Mississippi misses copping the Miss America crown two years in a row, passed a resolution commending Lynda Lee, authorized issuance of special, optional license plates for cars' front bumpers (price: $1). The legend: "Mississippi, Home of Miss Americas, Land of Beautiful Women...
With 163 crews competing, the narrow stretches of the Thames near Henley were constantly crowded, and as usual there was no room for the coaches to go out in launches. Instead it is the inflexible custom at Henley for each to follow his crew on a bicycle along the Tow Path which parallels the river. Part of this path is paved, but along much of its length grazing cattle preserve its rustic integrity...
...custom of the relief pitcher's craft, he should have emerged from the bullpen with stoic mien and plodded his way to the mound like a tired Atlas about to shoulder the weight of the world. But it seemed that whenever the Chicago White Sox managed to mount an attack against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series, the tall, strapping (6 ft. 2 in., 202 Ibs.) righthanded rookie sallied out of the Dodger bullpen with a spring in his step and a grin on his face. Confessed unabashed Larry Sherry, 24: "I just plain like to pitch...
With the Henry Hudson as his base, he really took to heart the Carte Blanche brochure: "Carte Blanche . . . is a credential that you are accustomed to the very finest service and attention." He ordered eight custom-tailored silk shirts, four pairs of slacks, two sports jackets, an evening outfit of tuxedo, patent leather shoes, soft black hat and walking stick. To hold his finery, he charged two pieces of luggage, flew to Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hotel and took a $21-a-day room. There, the first suspicious glance was cast at his credit card. The hotel asked...