Word: frankely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nation's humblest men is New York's Frank Costello, who doesn't want anyone to think that he is as influential as everybody says he is. When California's Commission on Organized Crime recently identified him as the probable head of a nationwide slot-machine syndicate, the Tammany judgemaker wrote to Earl Warreri: "Governor, the truth is that I have so little influence . . . that I can't square a traffic ticket for myself...
...Frank Leahy, as pessimistic as ever, opened Notre Dame's spring football practice. "We'll have the worst team Notre Dame has ever had," moaned the coach of the mighty Irish, undefeated for three years. "We'll lose seven games...
...pressure squads closed in fast on Governor Kerr Scott to push their favorite candidates. But last week Kerr Scott tore up their lists and shook Tarheel professionals to their political roots. The man he chose for the seat was the University of North Carolina's scrappy little President Frank Porter Graham (TIME, Jan. 3), who has made a career of fighting old Southern prejudices...
...Berlin, Brigadier General Frank Howley, commandant of the American zone, had to be patched up for minor cuts about the face. An unidentified civilian tried to crash the party given by some correspondents to celebrate Howley's promotion from colonel. Before he was given the bum's rush, the crasher threw his drink, glass & all, into Howley's face...
...accounts himself, drops into retail stores to find out first-hand who is buying what, and barrages his staffs with ideas. He has also stopped the presses when struck by a better idea. But Bohen and Vice President Meredith (who helps manage the business side) usually let veteran Editor Frank McDonough, 43, run things...