Word: buds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They came to call him the "Pope of Zalaegerszeg." When Finance Minister Janos Bud started slashing state expenditures for religious and social work, he remarked that Zala county had better be left alone: "That priest is a tough fellow to get into trouble with...
Three of the five men who won their events for the varsity in last year's Army-Princeton meet will be trying to repeat today. They are shotputter Don Trimble, polevaulter Bud Lockett, and sprinter Jon Spivak...
Nipped in the Bud. Like a master switchman in a freight yard, he bossed the whole Santa Anita operation from his cupola, rigged up a battery of telephones to connect him with every corner of the enclosure. It has worked, so far. Original stockholders, who paid $5,000 a share, have been offered $62,500 for them. Besides paying out whopping dividends, Doc plows great chunks of money back into his gold mine-giving paying guests more comfort, beauty, entertainment and $100,000 races. This winter, at a cost of $400,000, he opened a fancy new lounge and restaurant...
...alarmed he showed no sign of it. His greatest disappointment seemed to be that injured Citation, the wonder horse, would not run at Santa Anita this winter. The snow and weather had been doublecrossing Doc, nipping his hundreds of thousands of marigolds in the bud. Was he planning any economy moves? Not Doc Strub. Said he: "I'm not planning any cuts, this season or the next...
Second, it looks as though pole vaulter Bud Lockett may win a lot of points this winter. Operating with a taped-up leg, he easily hit 12 feet, 6 inches and just missed...