Word: arounders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when he arrived, accompanied only by his Secret Service shadows, he found himself at a formal banquet with 200 of the nation's top industrialists. Seated around him were Gwilym A. Price, president of the Westinghouse Electric Corp., Motion Picture Czar Eric Johnston, Arthur A. Frank, chairman of the board of Standard Railway Equipment Mfg. Co., and dozens of other high-powered and high-placed big businessmen...
Actually, it wasn't a very good game. "we're still sputtering and stuttering around," Valpey commented when it was over. His main problem now is to bring up to full speed men who have just come move. Of course, a victory after five straight losses goes a long way toward building up both team morale and team speed...
Worse than these administrative sins, however, in the light of popularity, were the childish escapades of the governor and his entourage when they drove around the State in their limousines. Twice, policemen in the procession ahead of Curley were killed in crashes; three deaths were caused directly by men in State cars. Mayor Mansfield of Boston dubbed Curley the "Hit and Run Governor." It was in this connection that one of the most famous of the Curly quips came. A reporter suggested that one of Curley's night trips to a disaster scene during the 1936 floods, was a little...
...cloudy in the Yard yesterday to film any more scenes of "Mystery Street," so Metro-Goldwn-Mayer's camera unit spent the day in and around Boston taking shots where the lack of sun didn't make any difference...
...understand the effect this had on the rest of the team it is important to note that Baker had scored two of the six goals and assisted with goal mouth passes on two others. After having spent the entire pre-season practice time organizing a forward wall around Baker, Coach Guyda had to reorganize his offense completely...