Word: gibson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Alaska and the Aleutians for proof that aborigines came to America over those steppingstones. He denied that high brows indicate braininess, dug up an Aleutian skull larger than Daniel Webster's. Hrdlička concluded that U.S. life had streamlined the European body, that Uncle Sam and the Gibson Girl fairly represent old U.S. white stock in evolution. He died of heart disease in Washington...
Miss Christine M. Gibson, research assistant to Richards, yesterday stated that as an international language, Basic English is sufficient, practical, and universal. So simple, in fact, is the language, that persons of Chinese, Indic, and Russian origin have learned it easily...
Unlike famed but fading Pitcher Satchel Paige, Negro baseball's No. 1 attraction, Josh Gibson is no gaudy eccentric. He drives no cerise roadster, makes no startling statements about a strict diet of fried foods-and, accordingly, receives no $40,000 a year. Josh's salary is $750 a month, plus bonuses that are paid on a hit-or-miss basis. But Josh Gibson has come close to causing an international incident...
...years ago, a Mexican ball club lured Gibson away from the Grays. The Grays threatened to drag him to court if he did not return. Cum Posey finally appealed to Sumner Welles. ". . . However," moaned the Pittsburgh Courier, "when the big fuss started, this Government launched a gigantic 'good will' program in Latin America. ... It's doubtful that Mr. Welles or anyone else in the Government will become involved in the situation now, because we aren't going to do anything in Mexico but spread good will...
Although Chick appeared only last fortnight on the radio, he has been around in detective fiction for 40-odd years, as the adopted 17-year-old son of Nick Carter, the Old Master. Nick's present writers, Walter Gibson and Ed Gruskin, are also Chick's. They revived Nick for radio last April. Though on seperate hours (Nick's time is Monday, 9:30 to 10 p.m., WOR-Mutual), Nick and Chick will visit on each other's programs, put their heads together when crime threatens...