Word: agee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Besmocked, and mounted upon his ladders, he remains in his studio most of the day. Beyond a few intruders ("Mothers and children," he mutters with disgust), nothing worries him-not even his age. Surrounded by his ghost-white figures, Carl Milles says serenely: "I don't believe in death...
...characteristic of Satchel Paige, hero and narrator of this tale, that he does not remember when or where the episode took place. He is hazy about his age, his won-lost record, and the number of no-hitters he has pitched. Last week, when the Cleveland Indians signed him up, Paige became the first Negro pitcher in the American League...
...victory a three-year-old could be proud of-but it had been too risky. Said Trainer Jones: "I think I made a mistake in letting Citation run . . ." Next fall, Citation might be started against older horses again, in weight-for-age stakes. But for the time being Citation would take fewer chances with his laurels...
...President Charles Eliot, then 65, announced that Harvard's retirement age would be 66. One overage professor asked caustically: "Will this rule apply to the president?" Snapped Eliot: "When the time comes for me to retire, Mrs. Eliot will tell...
Married. Mike Romanoff (real name: Harry F. Gerguson), sixtyish, bugle-nosed, professional phony (he has claimed to be the assassin of Rasputin, a son of Victorian Prime Minister Gladstone, a cousin of Czar Nicholas), now a Beverly Hills restaurateur, who gave his age as 48; and Gloria Lister, 24, his ex-secretary; each for the first time; in Las Vegas...