Word: billye
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In addition to being a walking contradiction in terms-a Met slugger -Jones has another proud distinction. He is one of the few players in major-league history to be a righthanded batter and a lefthanded thrower. He came by his aberration honestly, while growing up in Mobile, Ala., the...
Joseph Kennedy and Rose bought the house in 1914 for only $6,600 and lived there for the first six years of their marriage; the Kennedy family repurchased the house in 1966 for $55,000. It was designated a national historic site by Congress in 1967. The house is to...
(6 of 10) outsiders find rather cloying. Temp is "Ole Simon," as in Simon Legree; Nancy is "Den Mother"; Joe Raff is "Tío Pepe"); Judy is "Kid Chocolate"; and Bone, naturally, is "Billy Bones." Home is headquarters, and headquarters is home: Villa Fielding, a $400,000 estate in the...
Died. W. Lee ("Pappy") O'Daniel, 79, Texas Governor (1939-41) and U.S. Senator (1941-49) whose raucous hill billy campaigns amused a generation of Texans; in Dallas. A flour salesman and radio singer, O'Daniel entered politics in 1938 by running for Governor on a platform that...
The joy and triumph of Maclnnes' trio is City of Spades. Maclnnes was one of the first whites to say very loudly that black is beautiful; the light-heartedness of his evidence still rings out. When he brought a character named Johnny Fortune from Lagos to London twelve years...