Word: closed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With such campaigning last week, the gaunt, 6-ft. candidate of the conservative opposition was working mightily to close the lead of sleek, smiling Auténtico Candidate Carlos Prio Socarrás, President Grau's own choice to be his successor. Ricardo Núñez' first bid for public office was a strong one. The son of the general who ran up the flag of Cuban independence over Havana's Morro Castle in 1902, he was one of the island's most solid citizens. Pennsylvania-born, he trained at Philadelphia's Lankenau Hospital...
Only one of the three new ones that went after second money ($20,000) got close enough to make it interesting. When Vulcan's Forge threatened to, Jockey Eddie Arcaro (TIME, May 17) gave Citation a couple of whacks. He paid 1 to 10, the minimum permitted under Maryland...
...first the camera kept its eye close up, on pitcher & batter, and followed the runner to first. It has since learned that one of television's big thrills is watching Outfielder Joe DiMaggio take a practiced look at a ball heading his way, turn, and without looking back spurt to the right spot, swing around casually and let the ball fall into his glove. The unexpected makes some of television's brightest moments: a rainstorm breaks, and the camera shows ground keepers covering the pitcher's box with canvas, then sweeps across the bleachers, singling out soaked...
...Sergeant Toomey and the two victims, William G. B. Graham '51 and John Cowles '51. While they were out at the movies and their third roommate visiting across the ball, two strongboxes were removed from the room. The one belonging to Graham contained $60 in cash and close to $100 in checks that had been collected for Red Book subscriptions in North Thayer...
...wager came close to costing Robinson Brainard '48 his life Thursday, when he sank to the bottom of the Blockhouse swimming pool after swimming three lengths under water...