Word: davises
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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But there wasn't any free stuff, and there wasn't much excitement. In 1944, the reformers committed an act of political cowardice. They ran Guitar Player Jimmy Davis for governor. Davis, who wanted to go to Hollywood, was a good candidate but a bad governor. He was...
At Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Mass., Australia was matched with Czechoslovakia in the Davis Cup interzone finals. After 27 countries had been eliminated, the survivors were fighting for the right to challenge the U.S. (last year's winner) next fortnight. Missing were the top 1947 Australian Davis...
The kid from California was only 17, and almost unknown. But last week in Wembley Stadium, husky 6 ft. 2 in. Bob Mathias, in two days' grueling competition, outran, outthrew, and outjumped 34 competitors, to win the Olympic Games decathlon. In victory, at an age when most youngsters are...
He has never stopped running. A year after he ran into the boss, supercharged Louis Seltzer was city editor of the Press. At 20, having proved that he could hold the job, he quit it to get more experience as a legman and political reporter. (In 1924, covering the Democratic...
Last week Ben Davis was summoned to the White House. On the steps leading to the White House rose garden, he listened quietly to a complimentary speech from Harry Truman, received a testimonial scroll signed by the President and Davis' Army comrades. After 50 years in the Army, Brigadier...