Word: brooklyn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...arousing 28 people to the danger of gas fumes in a Brooklyn apartment house, Sparky, a mongrel pup, and Mickey, a run-of-the-litter cat, received the John Haines "distinguished service" medals from the A.S.P.C.A...
...Rickey was now growing a better crop in Brooklyn.) Whether that prompted 72-year-old Salesman Sam's last big sale, nobody knew. All Sam Breadon said...
...National League had one clear superiority to the rival All-America: none of its teams was in so poor shape as the badly-run Brooklyn Dodgers, or the Chicago Rockets, who have won only one game all season. The Nationals' two biggest stars, like the league itself, have been around for years. Sammy Baugh, 33, playing his eleventh season for the Washington Redskins, seemed to throw a football better every year. Though the Redskins are only one step out of the National League cellar, Baugh tops the league with 2,438 yards gained by passing. Right behind...
...French. After the show, admirers followed her to her dressing room. Next day France Soir splashed a three-column picture of her on Page One, and captioned it: "A triumph."* Would she stay on in France, as Josephine Baker had? Said Lena: "Hell no! I got a family in Brooklyn...
Biography of Betrayal. The facts in the life of William Joyce were neither clear nor simple, but their meaning was. He had been born in Brooklyn, N.Y. (an important part of his defense was that he was not a British subject). His parents were Irish. They were loyal to England. When Ireland became Eire, they were forced to emigrate to Britain. Joyce's father was suspected of being a British informer. William Joyce claimed that he had done intelligence work for the Black & Tans...