Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...elected to the County Court. A little later came the big break in his career. Brooklyn had been suffering an epidemic of murder; in two years, 20 unsolved cases had collected on the books. Democratic Leader Frank V. Kelly asked him to run for Kings County (Brooklyn) district attorney. He did, and was elected. Two years later he was a famous man; he had exposed and broken the notorious criminal ring, Murder, Inc., had sent seven of its members to the electric chair...
...there had been any real question about which horse was king of Calumet, the question was answered. There had never been any doubt in the mind of wise old Ben Jones. Says he: "Unless he has a bad break, I believe you may see the greatest horse of all time before Citation is through...
...Break for a Girl. Eileen has not forgotten how she got her start. Years ago, when she was in a Perth convent, a priest brought Composer-Pianist Percy Grainger to hear her play. Grainger, in turn, fetched the great German Pianist Wilhelm Back-haus, who was touring Australia. When Backhaus said that she must go to Leipzig to study, the miners passed the hat to send her. Now Eileen is looking around for another talented Australian girl who needs help. Says she: "This is a man's world, and a girl needs every break...
...fourth marriage of Cinemactress Lana Turner and Tinplate Heir Henry J. ("Bob") Topping. He had been much impressed, he said, by Miss Turner's "sincerity and the depth of feeling in her . . . There is a spiritual quality in that woman ... I became convinced that they . . . wanted to break with the past and put their marriage on a Christian basis." Since Minister Mac-Lennan admits violating the rules, a presbytery judicial commission will not have to try him, but only decide what degree of church censure to inflict...
Highest. The cost of living reached an alltime high in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The Bureau's index rose 1.4% to 169.3 (1935-39 equals 100), more than wiping out the drop caused by February's commodity price break...