Word: conducted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...became an overseas gag that a WAC who had done nothing more than commute to & from the Pentagon could hardly miss at least three awards: the American Theater Campaign Ribbon, the Victory Medal, the Good Conduct Ribbon. Totals ran so high that the wartime U.S. could not afford the metal to strike the medals themselves, issued ribbons instead...
First, or Sixth? This week, rednecked from Cuban sun, the question-mark Brooklyn Dodgers rolled north by ship and Pullman. They looked neither bad nor good, only perplexed. One of their deepest perplexities was the conduct of their manager, Leo Durocher. A bridegroom for the third time, he was acting as if he had never been on a honeymoon before. Some days he hadn't even showed up for practice. Other days, chewing gum thoughtfully, he spent most of the time gazing up at his screen-actress bride, Laraine Day, sitting in a box and chewing...
...stands now, the House secretaries must conduct private golf and tennis tournaments as best they can, submitting teams to Samborski for formal competition early in May. This plan, though not entirely satisfactory, was adopted in place of no competition at all in these sports...
...continue to refuse membership to colored persons. And the stipulation that guests of members will not be barred because of color smacks heavily of a condescension. Taken in its worst interpretation it could mean that colored persons are acceptable when accompanied by someone who will be responsible for their conduct...
...first woman to conduct the Boston Symphony and the Paris and London Philharmonics. When a Boston reporter asked her how it felt, she snapped: "I have been a woman for a little over 50 years, and have gotten over my initial astonishment...