Word: atlanta
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...liberally sprinkled with businessmen as with rednecked farmers, was well-behaved and almost blasé. Unlike his late "Poppuh," Hummon snapped no galluses and shook no dank hair at his constituents. Some three-syllable words like "constructive" and "progressive" even slipped into his speech. Some Georgians wondered hopefully if Atlanta Constitution Editor Ralph McGill's prophecy of last September might not be true: "What appears to be the greatest triumph of the old pattern in the South is actually its death struggle...
...Democratic Atlanta Constitution on election eve: "We think the Republican nominee is going...
Georgia Tech's pony backfield slipped and slithered in the mud at Atlanta, and fell before Tennessee, 13-6. It was Tech's first 1948 defeat. In a drizzling rain, North Carolina's undefeated Tar Heels (rated No. 3 in the nation) were held to a 7-7 tie by underdog William & Mary...
...Atlanta, during a demonstration to show schoolchildren what to do in case of fire, seven firemen were overcome by smoke. In Clarkston, Wash., Golf Professional Joe Durgan, showing Pupil Howard Melcher how to swing a golf club, shot his first hole...
...Atlanta police department ordered department stores to draw their show-window shades when putting new costumes on dress dummies...