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...Yetman began to get some help from his defense. The forwards took the cue and played with increasing intensity and success. The second period was the Crimson's right down to the last thirty seconds, when Bill Riley and Merriam went into action to sink two quick ones and cinch the game...
...Department of Agriculture had good news for Europe. To the surprise of some grain experts, the department reported last week that the U.S. had a record 795 million bushels of wheat on hand as of January 1. Thus, said the department, it was "a dead cinch" that the U.S. could meet its goal of exporting at least 450 million bushels during the crop year ending July 1. With 260 million bushels already shipped, the U.S. had only 190 million bushels...
...Director. With two of the year's best films to his credit, Kazan was a cinch for directorial honors. He also seemed assured of equal applause from Broadway: he had directed two of the year's outstanding stage hits: Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Kazan, 38, in whose work imagination and taste are vigorously combined, was clearly Man of the Year in that vague enclave known as Show Business...
...whose old court he now presided. He had won a D.S.C. in World War I, had served three years as a lieutenant colonel in the Army's legal section in World War II. Most knowing Tennesseans figured that Judge Mitchell, with Mister Crump's support, was a cinch...
...America Conference? For the past two weeks, in a turnstile war in New York City, the new league has outdrawn the old. This week, 39,012 cash customers went to Yankee Stadium to see the talented New York Yankees roll by the Buffalo Bills, 35-13, and cinch All-America's eastern division championship...