Word: greate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Great Britain, armed with last month's $4.03 to $2.80 devaluation of the pound, resumed her fight to wipe out her dollar deficit and thus get back on her feet economically. University economists found themselves in general agreement this week that devaluation should prove a big stimulus to recovery and that there isn't much Soviet Russia can do about...
While most of the University's experts were concerned with the effect of devaluation upon Great Britain and Western Europe, two in the Harvard family were nothing the impact of the British action upon Soviet Russia...
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...another thing, Rickey needs outfielders and especially centerfielders like he needs a hole in the head. The present occupant of Brooklyn's center pasture, Duke Snider, is a brilliant judge of fly balls, has a great throwing arm, hit 22 home runs in his rookle year with the Flock, and batted in the neighborhood of 291. To top it off, he is 22 years old. The whole Brooklyn organization is crawling with bright young flychasers, and the loss of Jethroe will not pain the Dodgers. Whether his addition to the Braves will rebound against the Brooks next season will...
Thirdly, the story of Jethroe is not all peaches and cream. Sam is not a good judge of a fly ball, and whether he has a great throwing arm is of little consequence if he isn't there when the ball comes down. Nobody, not even Bill Cunningham, will be able to rave about Jethroe as a defensive player. And Sam is already 30 years old, with not more than four or five years of good baseball in him. Since Rickey's present outfield averages 25 years, why should be add an old man of 30 and bring...