Word: barrelers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pendergast has the same beer-barrel silhouette as his Uncle Tom had. But whereas Uncle Tom had cast a dark, corrupt shadow over the whole state of Missouri, Jim's shadow, even in the full glow of Harry Truman's friendship, hardly reached beyond the Jackson County line. After Uncle Tom went to prison, Jim did the best he could to keep old Tom's Kansas City machine running. His best wasn't bad enough. The Citizens' Association Reform government won control of city hall. A lot of old Pendergast lieutenants joined up with mobster...
...Giants' Catcher Rafael Noble (pro nounced No-blay), a hulking (214 Ibs.), barrel-chested backstop, who batted .316 for Oakland, Calif, last season. Cuban-born "Ray" Noble has already played in the Polo Grounds-with the New York Cubans. This year, Manager Leo Durocher expects cat-quick Noble to be the Giants' No. 2 catcher behind Wes Westrum...
...fire. Two and a half pounds lighter than the standard infantryman's Garand, the T25 uses a 20-round clip, can be fired automatically or singleshot. Its purpose: to replace not only the carbine and rifle, but also the submachine gun and possibly, when it gets a better barrel, the reliable but heavy (19 lbs.) Browning automatic rifle as well...
...cooled weapon with the highest muzzle velocity of any gun of its type. It can be electrically fired by remote control, thus giving the gunner the advantage of a sheltered firing position when the muzzle blast discloses the position of his gun. Another distinctive feature: the barrel can be unscrewed and replaced by a 20-mm. barrel...
...Peking two years ago, world-famed Yenching University, symbol of Western faith, learning and respect for China, has lived under an ax. Last week the ax fell. On the ground that China must be saved from "American imperialist culture," the Reds announced that they are taking over lock, stock & barrel. Thus ended one of the most unselfish ventures in education that Americans ever gave their minds...