Word: chink
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington, Federal Judge Ben Moore opened a chink in the Taft-Hartley Act this week. He ruled that the act's ban against labor unions spending funds for political purposes was an "unconstitutional abridgement" of civil rights, and dismissed a test case against Phil Murray (TIME, Feb. 23). Next stop: the Supreme Court...
Walt Budke, pivot man of the champion Columbia Lions and holder of individual scoring honors, was the only unanimous selection in being named center of the first team. Rounding out this quintet with himself and Mariaschin are forwards Tony Lavelli of Yale and Chink Crossin of Penn, and Dartmouth's EdLeede at guard...
...Chink Crossin, of Penn, finished in fourth place with 172 points, four markers ahead of the Crimson's George Hauptfuhrer. The Varsity center's 71 field goals topped every other player in the league, but Hauptfuhrer's 26 fouls, in comparison with Budko's 57 and Lavelli's 54, probably cost him the individual crown...
Unable to reach their jobs, thousands milled in the streets. A lively business sprang up: for 15 piastres (60?) a guide would show a chink in the wall of soldiers and a way out of Tel Aviv. British troops made widespread searches for terrorists, collared many in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem who were merely terrorized. The Jews managed sly smiles at a British announcement that 25 "known members of the extremist Irgun Zvai Leumi and Stern Gang had been taken during "Operation Hippo" (the Army's designation for its application of martial law). Said Tel Avivians: "Hippo labored...
Only two points behind Lavelli with 173 is Columbia's Walt Budko, while Dartmouth's Ed Leode is third with 172. In the number four slot is Penn's "Chink" Crossin, while tied for number five in the league standings are Hauptfuhrer and George Lawry of Princeton...