Word: cy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deal, biggest Inland has ever made, was quite a comeback for Cy Eaton, who has been in many hot spots but has proved as durable as the phoenix. In the '20s he built a Midwest empire of steel, rubber and iron ore, only to lose control of it during the Depression. Slowly he built another, only to see it threatened three years ago, when his Otis & Co. walked out of a Kaiser-Frazer stockselling agreement, and his ex-friend Henry Kaiser won $3,000,000 in judgments (TIME, July 16, 1951). Otis filed in bankruptcy, and Kaiser began hunting...
...Nicholson's prizewinning December 5, 1949: The enclosed, by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Staff Cartoonist Cy Hungerford, is the average man's criticism of the 39th Carnegie show...
...Says the Post-Gazette: "After long study, Cy thought he saw what Nicholson was getting at. It should be Man with a Bottle...
...about with endowments. Yet, though mere convenience is not sufficient legal excuse' for transferring trusts, a charitable or educational institution can still make necessary adjustments. If the University proves that it cannot operate Divinity without loss, that any attempt would be impracticable or impossible, the Court will invoke the Cy Pres doctrine. Under this, if a long-established fund is not sufficient to accomplish the precise object for which it was granted, the Court can approve its use for a different, though related, purpose. This would probably be the case if Divinity's drive fails...
...seven losses--but the rebuilding process was under way. During this period, Schmitt probed among the junior varsity linemen, seeking players who had what he looks for in a lineman: some football instinct, much patience and a lot of heart. That search netted two players, Joe Shaw and Cy Thompson. Many techniques of line play must be learned by rote, and Thompson and Shaw were willing to devote the time and the effort, Schmitt says. They contributed heavily to the varsity's much-improved 1951 record of three wins, five losses and one tie. "When Joe and Cy were done...