Word: chip
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Patrick Cudahy was a Kilkenny Irishman who arrived in the U. S. at the age of six, got rich in the meat-packing business. His son and heir was John Clarence Cudahy, a ruddy chip off the old block, who supported Roosevelt before 1932 and by natural selection became a U. S. diplomat. Tall, leathery Mr. Cudahy had previously studied and practiced law, run his family's real-estate properties in Milwaukee, hunted big game, fought gallantly in World War I, written expansive prose about his adventures. Blessed with charm, a warm heart and full pockets, Mr. Cudahy...
Died. Bertha Muzzy Bower, 68, author of 68 two-fisted Western novels (most famous: Chip of the Flying U), who as B. M. Bower concealed her sex from many an avid reader; in Los Angeles...
...platform, the National Committee Secretary, Lawrence Wood ("Chip") Robert Jr., conspicuously avoided Big Jim Farley, his chief for four years. The demonstration ground mechanically on, Mr. Garry's screams cross-hatching the other roars into a welter of crazy sound...
...from Grassy Point, N. Y.: now that he was assured that the Democratic Convention had been democratic, now that the delegates' will had been registered, he moved that the rules be suspended and Mr. Roosevelt nominated "by acclamation." The great hall shook with the roar for big Jim. "Chip" ("Chippie" to some of his acquaintances) Robert ostentatiously threw his arms around Farley, waving to the photographers to get the picture. To the tune of When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, the convention adjourned...