Word: 14th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...outstanding poets (14th-19th Centuries), only two were "demonstrably" insane. The two: Cowper, who most of his life was subject to fits of melancholia and suicidal mania; and Swift, whose mind gave way in the last three years of his life...
...well-known hospitality of your letters column to all political points of view will, I am sure, extend to this brief attempt to answer the letter of Mrs. Virginia Jones in your November 14th issue...
Elsewhere election results added up to no trends. Of three congressional seats, the G.O.P. filled vacancies in Ohio and Indiana which had been previously held by Republicans, and in New York the Democrats kept control of the 14th District. Thousands of state legislature and city elections seesawed to a near standoff, with a slight edge for the Democrats, who registered gains in Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York...
...decision made, the Air Force placed a $15 million order with Republic for 550 more Thunderjets, thus establishing Republic as one of the world's major makers of fighter planes. The U.S.A.F., which already has one group (the 14th, at Bangor, Me.) equipped with P-84s, expects to get delivery of the rest by July. Production of Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars, the U.S.A.F.'s other jet fighter, is already being tapered off. Manufacture of reciprocating-engine planes, such as Republic's Thunderbolt, North American's Mustang and Twin Mustang, has been cut back to little...
...good." If he had any fault, it was his reluctance to yank pitchers when the going got rough. But his patience worked wonders with Joe Page, a relief pitcher with an inferiority complex who did more than any player-aside from DiMaggio-to bring the Yankees their 14th pennant in 27 years...