Word: casey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Casey Case. The ship-buying tactics of Niarchos and brother-in-law Onassis were blown out into the open when Congress started a stem-to-stern investigation of the immense profits that were made on war surplus ship sales. A congressional committee found that Massachusetts' former Representative Joseph E. Casey had joined the late, onetime Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. and others in 1947 in what seemed like a surefire venture. Tankers were then in such demand that it was possible to make a down payment on a war surplus T2, get a charter from...
...reputation for breaking up tight ball games and a well-known affection for Harriman was asked what he thought of the current crop. Said Harry Truman in Southampton just before heading home from his European tour: he didn't care to comment just now. But then, with Casey Stengel shrewdness, he added: "I'll have plenty to say later...
...concert reading of Sean O'Casey's "Pictures in the Hallway," an organ recital by E. Power Biggs, and--somewhat anomalously--a forum on "Presidential Campaign Politics" will be among the "Special Events in the Arts" that the Summer School is inaugurating this summer in collaboration with the Summer Session of M.I.T...
...percussive phrases of the Preger "Sanctus," a work of dubious musical worth, and even less liturgical relevance. Completing the serious part of the program were Dvorak's charming "Maiden in the Wood," and Milhaud's "Psalm 121," a rather nondescript work sung in a nondescript manner. A humorous song, "Casey Jones," provided the transition to a rousing series of Harvardiana, in which all participated. The Freshman Glee Club sings next Tuesday. We should pray for a windless Harvard Yard...
...time sportswriter, chairman of the board and longtime (1918-34) president of baseball's National League; after long illness; in San Diego. Heydler began his career as a printer's devil, once carried a proof of a Government document to the White House, where he recited Casey at the Bat for President Cleveland. He helped to install baseball's first commissioner, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and was a pioneer in establishing the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown...