Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First Ballot. Dewey will break in front, with 300-plus delegates; Taft next with more than 200; Stassen close up with about 150; Vandenberg well back in the field of favorite sons, carrying Michigan's 41 and perhaps a few more...
Third Ballot. This will be the make-or-break point for Dewey. He must either get far ahead, far enough never to be seriously challenged, or he loses the race. The swing to Vandenberg is the test; it may well be started by big blocs of votes from Stassen's following. This is also the point of greatest pressure on the large delegations, which hold the key to nomination. If Bob Taft fails to hold his strength, Illinois' Governor Dwight Green, who is eager to be Vice President, might decide to flip over his state...
...most good hammer men, he takes three turns, which require perfect timing and footwork. Getting the iron ball whirling around at top speed while staying within a seven-foot, hard-clay circle takes split second coordination. A hammer thrower should be able to start quickly, hold himself stiff without breaking at the waist, and on the turns, glide, not jump across the circle to the final explosive pivot lift. Some experts say he should be able to run 25 yards as fast as a sprinter. Felton can't break 12 seconds in the 100, but he has marvelous timing...
...Break American Record...
...boys trampled a man to death in front of his mother. Up-&-coming Party Leader Adolf Hitler hailed the murderers as heroes. Next day Headmaster Kurt Hahn of Germany's Salem (pronounced Zah-lem) School (near Lake Constance) notified every graduate that the time had come to choose: "Break with Hitler or with Salem...