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Officers James A. DeFrancesco, Joseph Wilson, Peter Neal, E.-J. Frammartino and Lt. Edward Huffey each received a Medal of Valor and an eight hour day-off, said Lt. Det. Frank Pasquarello...

Author: By Marios V. Broustas, | Title: Five Local Police Officers Honored for Valor in October Fire | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...Day-Off in Wales. There were no ambiguities in the mine valley of Nye Sevan's youth; life could be sketched as a charcoal cartoon. In Tredegar, it was lived between the pits and the chapel. The visible enemy was the Tredegar Iron & Coal Co., and the audible heroes were the preachers in the chapels and the orators in the miners' lodges. Nye Bevan grew up in a time when Welsh nonconformity was moving from religion to politics, and Nye moved with the times. He easily shed the Methodist-Baptist faith of his home, because it transformed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nye in Shining Armor | 8/9/1963 | See Source »

...weather chilly; the food is not her favorite fish & poi. A recent happy discovery, that has added 12 Ibs. to her weight: grits & gravy. But most of all Jackie is homesick for Hawaii, her two daughters, and Chinese-Hawaiian husband Barney, a Honolulu fireman. Barney, on a day-on, day-off routine, helps cook the meals, does the washing, takes cafe of the kids. No golfer, Barney is often privileged to caddy for his wife, who outweighs him by 67 Ibs. The original golf widower, Barney maintains that he still wears the plus fours in the family. Jackie happily agrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mrs. Five-by-Five | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

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