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...took the Crimson some time to gain full control, however. In fact, Harvard had to come from behind twice to tie the score, then eventually opening up a 26 to 13 gap early in the fourth quarter which Dartmouth narrowed but could not close...
Short Answer. Recently, sales of the Sheaffer Pen Co., spurred by the new Snorkel pen, have been closing the gap on Parker. To help counter the threat, Parker is trying to diversify its pen line too. Three years ago, it brought out the Parker "21," small brother of its alltime bestseller. This fall Parker introduced two new models priced between the "21" and the "51." Parker also marketed (under French license) the first U.S.-made butane-gas cigarette lighter, the Flaminaire, is now tinkering with another...
McCurdy said that there was too much of a gap between the first and fifth men. He hoped that his first five--which constitute his scoring team--would all come in under 20 minutes. He added, however, that the times were pretty good for this early in the season...
...main speech last week-at San Francisco-Adlai Stevenson widened the gap between himself and Eisenhower on their attitudes toward the struggle with world Communism. Stevenson's key words were "endurance," "patience," "compromise," "negotiation" and "adjustment...
Cleveland Manager Al Lopez had closed the gap to half a game at one point by the last-ditch expedient of regularly rotating his top three pitchers, Mike Garcia (20-9), Bob Lemon (19-10) and Early Wynn (21-12), giving them only two days' rest between starts. Giant Manager Leo Durocher, juggling a crippled pitching staff, pulled up to within 3 games of the Dodgers, thanks largely to the standout performance of Relief Pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm (13-3), who has worn a path from bullpen to pitcher's mound this season in no less than 63 games...