Word: blue
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thin, bushy-haired man who wore a rumpled white shirt, a badly fitting blue suit, and thick-lensed glasses. An excited whispering broke out in the courtroom as he took the stand. He was Henry Julian Wadleigh, whom Chambers had identified as a onetime member of the Communist apparatus in Washington. Though he had refused to answer questions by the House Un-American Activities Committee on the ground that he might incriminate himself, he had obviously come to court in a mood to tell...
...first time Ruth Steinhagen looked upon Eddie ("Cowboy") Waitkus with her large, glassy blue eyes, her brain bubbled with a strange, painful excitement.. That was out at Chicago's Wrigley Field near the end of the 1946 season when Eddie was playing first for the Cubs. Ruth fell hard. She stopped loving Movie Actor Alan Ladd, wrote off a passing outfielder and decided to do something big some day about Eddie, namely, kill...
...Democracy" dictated for China by Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung got under way in Peiping. To the Red capital from Hong Kong and elsewhere came a motley group of anti-Kuomintang fellow travelers. The Communist masters dubbed them "democratic personages," decked them in cool blue summer uniforms, then directed them to a preparatory conference for a "people's congress" and "coalition government." Best guess as to the Red timetable: by late August the "New Democracy" would be ready for formal launching and a bid for the world's diplomatic recognition...
...Crimson jayvee boat, which like its varsity and freshman counterparts won the Eastern championship last month, should not have too much trouble keeping its record clean. Both jayvees and freshmen row over a two mile course, which makes their earlier victories over the Blue a more accurate yardstick of what they will do tomorrow...
...contrast, Skip Walz, now in his third year as the Yale coach, was an advocate of a high count. Last year the Yales stroked around 40, often going as high as 46. But this year Walz has altered his strategy and pre-race rumor estimates that the Blue will stroke around...