Word: actioneers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Water Gap. Brown has many reasons to duck all-out candidacy and none to proclaim it at this time. In his short time in office, he has pushed the newly Democratic legislature into remarkable action e.g., approval of the $1.8 billion water-resources development program (TIME, June 29), a $61 million income tax boost appropriated to close the budget gap. He has helped abolish California's party-damaging system of primary-ballot cross-filing, has brought stability to the long-fragmented Democratic Party. But his job has just begun: the statewide water-development plan, for example, must still...
...Certainly all that I hear, see and feel will go into the decision-making process, will go into determining what I regard as the right course. I don't lay down any framework. I judge a course of action by all the circumstances prevailing at the time a decision must be made. That makes it easy; it isn't a mental wrestling match with...
Alerted by the submarines' contact reports, Bull Halsey ordered his carriers to launch air strikes against Kurita'and opened the Battle of Sibuyan Sea on Oct. 24. In all, Halsey's planes made 259 sorties, sinking battleship Musashi, putting heavy cruiser Myoko out of action and damaging several others. (Halsey's carrier Princeton was fatally wounded by a land-based Japanese Judy, the only one of scores of Philippine-based planes to score.) As the battle went against him, Kurita reversed course, as if retiring, then turned back toward San Bernardino Strait...
Hampered by a slew of early season injuries, the Indians had their first string backfield complement intact for the first time this year against Boston College last week. With Gundy and Crouthamel in action, the Big Green scored more points then than it had managed in its three previous games...
Glen Haughie, Bruce McIntyre, Chuck Reed, Roy Williams, and John Shipman will probably see a good deal of backfield action, as Yovicsin continues his practice of substituting freely...