Word: finalities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unusual man -brilliant, modest and, at 53, one of the youngest officers ever proposed as Chief of Naval Operations. His World War II record was impressive. He commanded the aircraft carrier Wasp until she was shot out from beneath him in the Solomons in 1942. During the final years of the war he was Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz' "brain"; he helped plan the great sweep across the Pacific from Tarawa to Okinawa...
Then, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23, something like panic began. There seemed to be no reason for it, but everybody began to sell. In that final hour of trading, 2,500,000 shares changed hands and prices tumbled crazily: Auburn Auto, which had recently sold as high as 514, lost 77 points to close at 260; Adams Express, which had once been up to 750, lost 96 to close at 440. The closing bell stopped the selling. All night, brokers sent out frantic telegrams to the hundreds of thousands who had bought on margin, putting up as little...
...panic; by day's end an incredible 16,410,030 shares had been dumped, capping the selling that had wiped out an estimated $25 billion in stock values. Not until 2½ hours after the market's close did the tickers catch up and carry the final sale. There was no longer any attempt by bankers or anybody else to stem the collapse. In just six days the whole world of easy prosperity had been buried...
Undefeated Andover, which has a habit of playing tie games, was an almost perfect match for Poley Guyda's Yardlings. The Blue's halfback line consistently beat a faltering Crimson offense to the ball. As the result, the final outcome was a replica of last year's 9 to 0 tie between the two teams...
...four 22-minute quarters and one five-minute overtime period, both Crimson and Nassau passed the ball around beautifully, but neither could score. Then, at 0.33 of the second and final overtime period, center forward Vern Drehmel charged in to score the big Harvard goal. The ball had bounced off inside right Jon Spivak's chest after Bill Harrop had tried a free kick...