Word: counte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thumbless man could count the tackles made by the middle of the Crimson line during the afternoon. By closest count, the seven men who occupied those slots were in on but eight tackles-- exactly on less than was made by line-backer Phil Isenberg...
...Washington was amazed," she says, "at the arrival of Tufty with 26-count 'em, 26-papers." She trained her staff of cubs to ferret out local angles in the news, peddled her clients a complete line of political stories and personality items, including her own daily columns. She soon had many a bigwig, including Michigan's Arthur Vandenberg, eating out of her hand. Two years ago she took on as partner J. Albert Dear, a New Jersey publisher...
...cold and windy evening last week, while the men in Paris still considered the Count's plan, a white plane with United Nations markings landed at Stockholm airport. It bore the coffin of Folke Bernadotte. In a hangar filled with dahlias and carnations, in the presence of the Count's 88-year-old father Prince Oscar (brother of Sweden's King Gustaf), a short ceremony took place. Said the old man to the men who had brought his son's body home: "Thank you for what you have done...
This week the Count was buried in the Bernadotte family plot. On Bernadotte's coffin rested the Count's Red Cross cap, his Boy Scout stick, and a single white carnation. A Y.M.C.A. choir sang Bernadotte's favorite spirituals, Deep River and Steal Away to Jesus. The Lutheran pastor who delivered the funeral oration took for his text Isaiah 6: 8: "Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send...
...Herald staffers were beginning to feel like characters in a whodunit. Last week they told of a circulation hustler who was a little confused about the countesses, ex-countesses and other celebrities in the fight over the will. In a crowded elevator he saw a Times-Herald banner headline: COUNT BERNADOTTE SLAIN. "Gripes," he breathed, "they're getting everyone on the paper...