Word: alabama
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...time Washington correspondent and eight writers. One of these writers is John McNulty, whose short stories you may have read in other magazines-another is Carl Carmer, professor, reporter, magazine editor, who has traveled through every state of the Union gathering material for his famous bestsellers: Stars Fell on Alabama, The Hudson, The Hurricane's Children, Listen for a Lonesome Drum...
Carl Carmer, best-selling folklorist (Stars Fell on Alabama, Listen for a Lonesome Drum) went to court with Publishers Farrar & Rinehart to settle a baffling question: How big is a book? Author Carmer claimed that he had fulfilled his Farrar & Rinehart contract with a 40,000-word history of The Submarine Sturgeon, famed for Lieut. Commander William L. Wright's terse description of its baptism in battle: "Sturgeon no longer virgin." The publishers claimed that he still owes them a book because his submarine history was not "full-length." New York Supreme Court Judge Lloyd Church decided...
...half an hour, delegates debated; five members rose to praise Franklin Roosevelt. John L., never a patient man, grew impatient. After all, said he, why all the talk? There was nothing to debate. Up rose Negro Delegate S. B. Lawrence of Alabama: "Brethren, let us follow the leadership of John L. Lewis." The brethren did. (Campaigning in Idaho, Tom Dewey hastily pointed out that the resolution did not specifically endorse...
...things considered, such onetime big-timers as Alabama, Tennessee and Michigan State decided it was time to resume operations after a year's absence from the gridiron. Others, like Princeton and Carnegie Tech, figuring contrariwise, had tossed in the towel for the duration. Of the few teams already in action, Michigan's teens rang the freshman bell loudest last week by winning their opener, 12 -to-7, against the strong Iowa Seahawks (Naval Pre-Flight); 6-ft. 4 Freshman End Dick Rifenburg caught passes and ran for both Michigan touchdowns...
...ever assembled on the banks of the Severn. His forward armor, undeniable from end to end, sparkled with two All-Americans : Don Whitmire, tackle, and Jack Martin, center. Behind the seven pillars were Hal Hamberg, Navy's triple-threat ace of last year, and a backfieldful of ex-Alabama, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Penn State stars...