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Charbonneaux and Lehmann paid a bonus of 5,000 Greek drachmas (33?) to the lucky Greek digger who had made the find. Later, they compared the hand with those of a number of American girl students who were taking part in the digging. "It was an exquisite piece of sculpture," Charbonneaux recalled. "But much more plump than their nervous modern hands. It looked more like that of our fat female Greek cook...
...Some network executives protested that it was too controversial; some scientists, fearing sensationalism, were at first reluctant to help; and the cast of 19 had to be tracked from Pensacola to Hollywood with recording equipment. "No two people on the show ever saw each other," says Friendly. The only bonus offered to any member of the cast was to an Army major general, who had to come up to New York from Washington and was rewarded with two tickets to South Pacific. "If there's any secret to the show," observes Friendly...
...behind bars "Lucky" Luciano, Irving ("Waxey Gordon") Wexler, Tammany's Jimmy Hines, .Wall Street's Richard Whitney and many a little name in the loan and extortion rackets; at 40, an honest, efficient governor and able politician who had cut taxes, backed a veterans' bonus, rent control, and the nation's most workable law against racial discrimination, had cleaned out graft in workingmen's compensation and renovated cobwebby mental and public health programs. When it came right down to brass tacks, most New York Republicans and many Democrats hated to see Tom Dewey...
...young Bob Carpenter and his industrialist father bought the futile Phillies in 1943 for less than half a million dollars. Since then the Philly organization has found the initial investment small compared to the overhead, which now includes a $2,500,000 farm system and $850,000 for bonus players...
Give & Take. Carpenter has presented Sawyer with a batch of bonus beauties, including Pitchers Simmons ($65,000) and Roberts ($25,000), Catcher Stan Lopata ($25,000) and Third Baseman Willie Jones ($16,000). Others on the club were also costly, but Sawyer must play these youngsters (who, under bonus rules, may not be returned to the minors for seasoning) in order to justify their price. Other managers with pennant contenders use risky bonus players as bench blankets, take no chances...