Word: cy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wounded hand. A night later, his arm amputated, the young officer shinnied down out of a military hospital window and escaped. Thus crippled, he parachuted into Nazi territory to carry on the fight underground. A grateful nation later rewarded Captain Antoine-Pierre-Etienne Chalvet Bauny de Récy with the Legion of Honor and a citation describing him as "an officer whose conduct will remain an example for future generations," and in time it elected him to the Chamber of Deputies...
Written by Radio Scripter Cy (My Friend Irma) Howard, That's My Boy reaches its comedy high in the opening slapstick sequences between Mayehoff and Lewis, then runs steadily downhill through a thicket of Freudian ABCs and the labored plot complications that lead to Jerry's coming through in the big game...
...grass went Citation, the world's first million-dollar horse. His owner, Mrs. Warren Wright, announced that Big Cy will be retired to stud at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Ky. Stud...
...lengthened his stride and drew away from the field. He won by a breezing four lengths, thanks, in part, to a break in the weights which made Citation carry only 120 Ibs. while third-place Be Fleet toted 122. It was like the old days. But this victory, Big Cy's 32nd in 45 starts, was something special. It brought Citation's total earnings for Calumet Farm to $1,085,760,* made him the first million-dollar horse...
Almost lost in the uproar over Big Cy's victory was the fact that his stablemate Bewitch collected $20,000 for finishing second, and gave Calumet Farm the double distinction of also owning the greatest money-winning mare of all time. Bewitch's lifetime earnings...