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Blue-eyed Dorothy Schiff inherited $15 million from her banker father, Mortimer Schiff. But she was not content to be just a rich girl; she wanted to be a newspaper publisher. With second husband George Backer, a millionaire himself and then a member of the New York City Council, she bought the New York Post in 1939. When Publisher Backer became ill in 1942, "Dolly," who had been vice president and treasurer, took over as publisher herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Dolly's Goodbye | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

HARVARDIANA: Sophomore backer up Phil Isenberg, who was in on almost every tackle, considered Ferd Nadherns one of the best line-splitters he has seen all season, as did most of the other varsity players . . . quarterback Bill Henry denied that sending O'Donnell over from the two for the second touchdown was a sentimental gesture . . . "When you're that close, you use the best play you have and the best ball carrier available...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: End of Seven Lean Seasons | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...always makes me laugh when I think that everyone forgot to listen to Coach Valpey's words: "We're far from being a team yet." The most significant single factor towards helping the Crimson in that opening game was discovery of a young man named Phil Isenberg, a backer...

Author: By Samuel Spade, | Title: Crimson, After Victory and Defeat, Is Finally a Team | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

With Emery "Swede" Larson, second-string center, on the casualty list, Captain Conway may have to go all the way today. Win Lovejoy, Larson's understudy and a sterling line backer, was hurt in the Princeton clash. Buck Carr, who has played in only one game so far this season may have to spell Larson at center when the going gets tough...

Author: By Yale News and Lee GRIGGS Sports writer, S | Title: Injuries In Backfield Weaken Yale Squad; First-String Line Can Start | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

From under a hot towel the dictator resumed a conversation with some visitors; he rumbled a volley of curses against Guatemala's President Juan José Arévalo, Tacho's worst enemy and the Legion's most forthright backer. As Tacho well knows, Arévalo is winking at the arming and training of Nicaraguan exiles to lead a revolution against his Nicaraguan neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: I'm the Champ | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

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