Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When World War II broke out, he was interned at Bad Nauheim along with other U.S. correspondents-but with special privileges. He refused repatriation, telling colleagues that he could serve as a mediator after Hitler won the war. Then he joined William ("Lord Haw Haw") Joyce, since hanged for treason, and the American Douglas Chandler, now appealing a life sentence for treason,* in the Nazi propaganda service...
...wife said: "I hope my husband will not be the Premier again. He is so tired." Said he: "We will not fail democracy." Then he went off to Castel Gandolfo to bowl with some of his friends among the local peasants. He was losing badly when a sudden rainstorm broke up the game...
After six weeks of reading about every deep breath and every bad pitch their baseball heroes had taken, the fans settled down to watch the real thing. This week the season was on. Even the Red Sox's taciturn Manager Joe McCarthy (TIME, April 5) broke silence: "The Yankees? Oh, yes, the Yankees. Well, I'll tell you. I believe this Cleveland club will be up there. They've got Feller, y'know." Another team to watch was the pitcher-rich Detroit Tigers...
...Bioclimatician William Ferdinand Petersen, Chicago pathologist. For 25 years he has been studying the medical fata morgana of the decisive effects of weather and sunspots on human beings. His latest book about them: Man-Weather and Sun. He is definitely against spring (TIME, March 25, 1946). This week he broke out again in his annual rash of anti-spring fever: United Press and This Week carried thunderhead interviews...
...gnys who paint in the new track records on the wall at Dillon are having a busy month. Last week, Sam Felton broke the 16-pound hammer record. Saturday, it was Don Trimble's turn...