Word: came
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Another announcement was like a bolt striking close at hand, sharply outlining the neighborhood right around home. It came from William Z. Foster and Eugene Dennis, the two top American-born bosses of the U.S. Communist Party. The bold net of their announcement, stripped of its tortuous Communist lingo, was that their primary allegiance belonged not to their homeland but to the U.S.S.R. If war came, they and all faithful Communists would be on the side of Russia...
Glad-handing Louis Johnson was a big joiner; he became Exalted Ruler of the Elks, president of Rotary, national commander of the American Legion. In the Legion he first came to Franklin Roosevelt's notice by silencing a Legion outcry when Roosevelt cut veterans' pensions in 1933. After ex-Governor Harry Woodring of Kansas became Secretary of War in 1936, Roosevelt called fire-eating Louis Johnson in as his assistant, in charge of all procurement and industrial mobilization...
...Cribbage Board. A hearty, goodfellow type of woman, Perle Mesta is an Oklahoma widow, whose wealth came from a marriage of Oklahoma oil and Pittsburgh machine tools. Not even her warmest admirers, who liked her liveliness, would credit her with overwhelming charm or notable wit. But ambassadors, Senators and Cabinet officers come at her beck. In a city where a hostess' success can be scored like points in a cribbage game by counting up the rank of her guests, Perle Mesta outscores them all. Unlike her predecessors, Perle Mesta won her position not by prestige and not alone...
...only Canadian team which the Crimson has played this year is McGill. McGill beat Harvard, was beaten by Dartmouth, and came out only third in the Canadian League...
...freshman heavyweight final came to a rapid and stunning halt. Fred Ravreby of Hollis opened by flooring his opponent, Leland Schoen of Stoughton, who in turn just as quickly floored Ravreby. With a grin, Ravreby picked himself up and with one punch concluded the bout, the referee awarding...