Word: 77th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...legislative halls. Two years ago, he failed in his first campaign to carry a strongly Republican district by the narrow margin of only 1800 votes. Tomorrow the people of this district have another chance to end their habit-voting and select a representative who will help to make the 77th Congress a body able to meet the legislative requirements of today...
Last week genial Colonel Adler, who served overseas with the 77th Division in 1918, told a group of Princeton alumni and students about a bill which was being drawn up for Congressional action. Most interesting detail: not only young men would be drafted, but about 15% of the draftees would be men from 32 to 38, and 5%, men of 38 to 45 (on the proved theory that groups combining different ages and various levels of intelligence do the best soldiering...
Shaggy-browed Connie Mack (Cornelius McGillicuddy) celebrated his 77th birthday, admitted that he had picked his son Earle, 47, to succeed him as president-manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, hastily covered his slip: "But he'll be wearing long, grey whiskers before then...