Word: bentley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Easy Prey." Her name was Elizabeth Bentley. She was born in Connecticut, graduated from Vassar (1930) and had taken an M.A. degree at Columbia. In 1933 she went to Italy, where she was revolted by what she saw of Fascism. On her return, she said, she was "easy prey" for the Commies. She joined the party's Columbia University Unit...
...Good Spot." How did the spy ring operate? Elizabeth Bentley detailed her furtive meetings with a young bureaucrat named William W. Remington. In 1942, she said, Remington was "in a good spot" with the War Production Board, where "he was dealing with aircraft production figures." (Until six weeks ago, when he was suspended, Remington was chairman of a Department of Commerce committee which collated secret information from many Government offices, including the Atomic Energy Commission. His committee's job: to determine what materials and goods should and should not be exported to Russia...
Barely an hour after the shuttle started, Shakespearean Scholar Gerald Bentley wanted to lay his hands on a book about Charles I right away. He got it from Firestone in ten minutes...
...tight softball struggle between the Mastodons and the Bunnies was brought to a smashing climax when "Battling" Bentley thwacked a four-master into center field, turning the tide to the tune of Leverett 6, Eliot...
...dressing room after beating Boston last week, however, it was not Apps or Bentley who got acclaim from fellow Maple Leafs as they loosened skates and climbed out of their pads. "There's our champ," said Boss Smythe, pointing at mild Harry Watson, "enter him in the heavyweight class." Boss Smythe knows that pandemonium on skates is good for business. Four nights later, Toronto dumped Boston from the playoffs, got ready to buck Detroit in the finals...