Word: belle
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...energy and making every blow count, had slowed down his younger (30) rival. Walcott's sneak right-the one that caught Louis-opened a gash in Charles's lip. A left cut Charles under his right eye. Another right to the jaw staggered Charles just as the bell rang. Not until the sixth round did Walcott effectively use his new trick: a head-snapping left hook. Four of them, rapid-fire, stung Charles into the bout's first real excitement, an explosive, counterpunching flurry which had Challenger Walcott backing away...
...yearbook prophet had a little advance information: Electrical Engineer Dumas was already signed up to work for A. T. & T.'s Southern Bell. Starting as a $50-a-month trainee, Dumas rose through the traffic department, claims to know "personally 90% of the 54,000 people who work for Southern Bell." One of those he met was Cleo Craig, for three years A. T. & T.'s long-lines boss in Atlanta...
Dumas became operating vice president of Southern Bell in 1938 and president in 1943 (last year's salary: $75,000). Go-getter Dumas is also an enthusiastic local do-gooder, which is what Bell likes its executives to be. Said one friend: "Hal is just naturally a boy scout-as well as a good businessman...
Turpin crowded the champion from the opening bell, getting the better of the infighting, jabbing and hooking to keep Robinson constantly off balance. Not until Round Three did Robinson land a solid punch, a bolo left to the jaw. "Get him, Sugar! Get him, Sugar!" shrilled Edna Mae. But 31-year-old Sugar Ray could not get going. His timing was off, his punches were missing the target, his ballet footwork was out of rhythm. In a seventh-round clinch, Turpin butted an ugly gash over Robinson's left eye. At the sight of blood, the crowd sensed...
Born. To Anne Baxter, 28, cinemactress (All About Eve), granddaughter of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and Actor John Hodiak, 37 (A Bell for Adano, Battleground): their first child, a daughter; in Los Angeles. Name: Katrina Baxter. Weight...