Word: bers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...death of the Chief in 1951 spelled the Mirror's ultimate doom. Control of Hearst's empire passed to unsentimental custodians. Tallest of these was Richard E. Berlin, president (since 1940) of the Hearst Corp. and onetime Hearst ad salesman. In 1956 Ber lin began hacking away at the Hearst chain with both hands. By sale or merger he dropped money-losing papers in Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Boston, Los Angeles and Milwaukee; he also sold Hearst's International News Service to United Press. Earlier this year, he put to death Hearst's unprofitable Sunday...
...neck on the left side and once in his left shoulder and again grazing him across the chest. After that, Ware doesn't remem- took it, saying "This won't do." When the car pulled to a stop, the Sheriff took a long knife of about seven inches ber gaining consciousness for at least...
...climate of opinion in which serious talk about Christian unity becomes possible. The fourth conference, carrying on the dialogue of the third one, at Lund in 1952, proved more ecumenical, and less Protestant-dominated, than ever. Among representatives of 138 of the World Council's 201 mem ber churches was the first full dele gation of Orthodox theologians: there were 51 of them, including eight from Russia. Also present were 20 Roman Catholic observers-including five appointed by the Vatican-and Montreal's Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger delivered one of the major addresses...
Ashbrook then lit into Powell. A mem ber of Powell's committee, Ashbrook urged that his chairman's request for committee funds be slashed by $200,000. He pointed out that committee expenses have risen from $388,000 for the four years before Powell became chairman to $633,000 for the two years under Powell's leadership. Asked Ashbrook...
...more fiercely partisan fans who cram old Fritz Pfluger's renovated cow pasture for each home game, they seem as good as the pros. Since 1958 they have scored 2,073 points to the opposition's 223, and it looks as if it may be Pflugerville über alles forever. Toddlers practice cross-body blocks under the goal posts while the high-schoolers pummel their opponents on the field. Fourth-graders get written permission from their mothers to play tackle football, and organized competition begins in the fifth grade. The junior high school team has not lost...