Word: ben
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee and tried to cut the Arab supply road into Jerusalem. For the first time since the Romans leveled Jerusalem 1,800 years ago, a Jewish army ate Passover matzoth and bitter herbs around campfires in the field. Said Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion: "We stand on the eve of the Jewish State . . . heartened by the victories of our army . . . We have just begun to buckle on the sword...
...novice learn to play golf from a book? The pros are always the quickest to say no. They are also the first to write the books. Last week one of the best of them all, grim little (137 Ibs.) Ben Hogan, published one of the best books of golf dos & don'ts. Some tips from Ben Hogan's Power Golf (A. S. Barnes...
...given a dramatic reading of the transcript of Lawson's testimony before the committee, he was cross-examined. His aggressive, cocksure manner gone, he hedged and fidgeted as he was asked if he had been active as the committee's chairman. It took swarthy Defense Lawyer Ben Margolis five tries before he wrung from Thomas the reply: "Well, I don't want to be facetious or even egotistical, but I would say yes to that question...
...effect, Ford has designed a new Lincoln model to fill the competitive gap left by the Lincoln Zephyr, abandoned in 1941. Next week, Ben Ford will bring out his new Mercury. It has been spruced up to make it a stouter competitor to De Soto, Pontiac, and the light Oldsmobiles and Buicks. It is bigger and will probably cost more than the 1948 Mercury...
...Ben Ford, who is out to boost Lincoln-Mercury's production and sales, will be stepping not only on G.M.'s heels, but on brother Henry's as well. Henry won't mind that. The brothers hope to whip up the same intense (if friendly) rivalry between their divisions as there is between divisions at G.M. and Chrysler...