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Only once did the Trotters try any of their tricks. A Trotter rolled the ball between a Minneapolis player's legs to Tatum, who snatched up the ball, whirled and scored a basket. Otherwise they were too busy trying to hold off Mikan (reportedly a $15,000-a-year man), who scored 24 points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No Laughing Matter | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

...administration of ERP would fall somewhere between George Marshall's insistence on out-&-out State Department control and opponents' demands for a bipartisan corporation. The committee compromise followed the lines of the Atomic Energy Commission, with a $20,000-a-year administrator of Cabinet rank, backed up by a bipartisan advisory board of twelve men chosen from outside the government. The administrator would have complete authority to make grants and loans (through the Export-Import Bank), would be responsible to the State Department only for mutual exchange of information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Unbruised | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

...handle ERP's business abroad, a mission headed by a liaison officer of minister's rank would be sent to each participating country, supervised by a roving, $25,000-a-year ambassador-at-large. Congress would have a 14-member watchdog committee chosen from both Houses, which Vandenberg hoped Massachusetts' Representative Christian Herter would head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Unbruised | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

...next year Petrillo was elected international president of the A.F.M. With grandiose magnanimity, he gave his predecessor, 73-year-old Joseph Weber, a $20,000-a-year pension for life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Pied Piper of Chi | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...biggest expense connected with the lot, Lally said last night, is that of maintaining a $1,200-a-year guard. The Council hesitates to eliminate this cost because it has promised a protected lot to students who have already registered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second Call for Parking Applicants Goes Unheard as Only Five Sign Up | 1/22/1948 | See Source »

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