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...Lippy") Durocher, umpire-eating manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was charged with felonious assault on a fan who gave Lippy a piece of lip from the stands. Fan John Christian charged that Durocher and a ball-park guard gave him a working-over after Christian had shouted "Bum" and "Crook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hot Water | 6/25/1945 | See Source »

Thirds: R. A. Pellaton, Jr., stroke; G. H. Leland, 7; R. G. Warren, 6; K. E. Crook, 5; W. Maier, 4; H. P. Hall, 3; J. T. Rich, 2; W. M. Pickles, bow; C. Lipton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tech Shell Whips Crimson, Cornell in Charles Regatta | 5/8/1945 | See Source »

Third Boat: R. A. Pellaton, Jr., stroke; G. H. Leland, 7; 'R. G. Warren, 6; K. E. Crook, 5; W. L. Saltonstall, 4; H. P. Hall, 3; J. T. D. Rich, 2; W. M. Pickles, bow; C. Lipton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Victory Over Tech Gives Varsity Even Chance in Cornell Regatta | 5/1/1945 | See Source »

...once told me that he shrank from meeting people's eyes and asked me why. I told him he was probably a crook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dr. Gubbins | 4/16/1945 | See Source »

...prewar value (50? in U.S. currency). Churches opened again, for worship and as hospitals for the wounded Americans. There was a new and thriving trade in throat-searing Philip pine "whiskey" at ten U.S. dollars a quart. And though most Filipino girls are devout and moral Catholics, the "crook girls" inevitably followed the troops, to ply their trade in slatternly shacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The News from Leyte | 12/18/1944 | See Source »

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