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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...game as he sees it, ignores official scorers and managers (he has been an official scorer himself). Last year, when the scorers charged Hank Greenberg with a twelfth-inning error in the sixth game, Corum calmly said the play was a base hit for Stan Hack. "I told 'em that I could see the play better than anyone else-our broadcasting booth was in left field-and I saw the ball bounce over Hank's head; he never got a glove on it." At 10 o'clock that night, the official scorers decided that Bill was right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Big Noise | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

...glamorous judge, "Libby" Jackson, answered, "I've been here for three years and there's still some things I haven't done. We'll do 'em...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Take Me, Luscious,' Says Network Swain, Nabs Skirted Spoils | 10/4/1946 | See Source »

Sing a song of privilege, A pocketful of rank. Kick and beat the G.I.s Make 'em walk the plank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 30, 1946 | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

...forgotten that Americans were pioneers, their faces were a reminder. Now those faces were set toward a frontier of Christendom. Seldom had travelers been so impatient to get under way. But Harry Lundeberg, boss of the strike-ridden Embarcadero, would make no exceptions. "We can't give 'em any relief," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Long Voyage Home | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

...salesman was grabbed by an OPAster and threatened with a "slapper" (a blackjack-like weapon of thick pieces of leather sewn together-see cut) because OPAsters thought he was trying to get away. He was not actually hit, and was later released. But OPA's new treat-'em-rough tactics, reminiscent of the notorious "prohibition officer" hoodlums of the dry era, were bound to make new enemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Treat-'Em-Rough | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

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