Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dudley Commuters stand to do better in basketball than anything else this year with a 25-man turnout and the fact that not one of last year's 7-7 team has left. The fast break, with a pivot man and a floating man-to-man defense feature the Dudley play. The fairly tall squad consists of Dave Bishop, John Woods, Brad Ryan, Hugh MacFarland, Carl Marshall, Herb Lewis, and Herb White...
What does Barclay mean by "our regular style?" He means the fast break, which the Varsity has been polishing since October 18. "Naturally, we can't fast break all the time," Barclay explains. "We worked six against Brown, and scored three baskets...
With the Telegram under McCullagh, some of Toronto's politicians were as shaky as the Tely's employees about their future. When he first took charge of the Globe & Mail, McCullagh supported the Liberal Party, though he often needled the government. The final break came in World War II over reinforcements for Canadian troops abroad. Ever since, McCullagh has been plugging the Progressive Conservative line on his editorial page, has become a power in Tory circles. Ownership of the staunchly Tory Telegram makes him still more important in the party. Said one worried Tory: "It's going...
...edge of a Christmas buying season which had been expected to break all records, U.S. retailers last week broke forth in a rash of unseasonal clearance sales. Reason: for three weeks in a row, their dollar volume had fallen below the level of a year ago. To step it up, they marked down prices and bulged the newspapers with ads of eye-popping bargains...
...with 50 balloons runs around $4,500. Out of what he calls "this crazy business," Gros will gross around $200,000 this year, but, like most showmen, he refuses even to guess his net. Said he: "It's like a Broadway play. You run for months just to break even and count on those last two weeks for your profit...