Word: clint
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...term in 1950, Shivers spoke out more & more against the Truman Administration, particularly on the tidelands issue. This caught the ears of Texas' powerful conservative Democrats, mostly wealthy oilmen and ranchers, who already considered Shivers one of themselves. Last December, a group of them sent an Austin lawyer, Clint Small, to tell the governor that they would support him for re-election or for Tom Connally's seat in the U.S. Senate. They wanted a political leader who would keep Texas safely on the conservative side in 1952. Shivers, however, was not certain that Connally would step down...
...pitched 54 relief jobs for Brooklyn, lost only three, won 15 and saved many more. This week, in his first full game, he let Boston's Braves down with three hits. The Sporting News's American League choice for rookie of the year: the Browns' bespectacled Clint Courtney, who is batting .283, leads all major-league catchers in fielding (.998-one error...
Four years ago, Moore, now 41, entered the first big deal to put him all over the map: he merged with a Southwest bus line owned by Texas Tycoon Clint Murchison (TIME, July 21, 1947) and with another line, owned by the Santa Fe Railroad, which had routes in a dozen Midwest and Western states. (Murchison still owns 26% of Continental; the Santa Fe and Moore's original group own the rest...
...hammered me into something." Now, one of Youle's local shows includes his brother (for commercials) and his wife (for family chatter). When the Youles went off on vacation last month, even his 60-year-old mother got into the act, substituting for Jeanne by reminiscing about young Clint and old Chicago...
Last week, Clint was back before the cameras again, talking about his favorite subject, still a little surprised at the way people listened. "I've been astonished," says he, "at the interest people have in the weather. Not just from the farmer, with his bread & butter interest, but interest from everywhere. It's one human-interest story that never runs...