Word: halbert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Beauford Halbert Jester, 56, Texas' middle-of-the-road Democratic governor (since 1947); of coronary occlusion; in a Pullman berth while en route to Houston...
...Crimson lineup: Snook, Harshman, g; Darrell, rf; Shafer, lt; Sparrow; rh; Gabler (capt.) eh; Hansen, lb; Welses, ro; Johnson, rt: Wogan, of; Wolf, H; Krogins, lo. Substitutes; Kosil, Elleanor, Knauth, Mathey, Halbert, Lee, Kempner, Goriton...
...zone). In fact, Coach Baggett's system can be summed up in his one pet plea: "Boys, don't bother passing to anybody-just pass it at the basket." For defense, his galloping giraffes don't give a hoot. They just rely on "Long Taw" Charlie Halbert. 6 ft. 10, who hangs around their opponent's basket, bats out sure goals by simply reaching...
...years over the falling U.S. birth rate, the U.S. Census Bureau sheepishly announced that 1941 will have the highest rate in a decade. In the first four months of 1941, about 20,000 more babies were born in the U.S. than in the first third of 1940. Dr. Halbert Dunn, chief vital statistician for the Census Bureau, began to talk of "an increase of about 7% in population per generation...
...last 20 years. Never has it failed to pay preferred dividends and bond interest ($8,949). For this rare railroading record, natives credit the canny Scot management of the sons of old John Blue, gaunt, black-haired, bushy-browed President William Alexander Blue, 59; small, emaciated Vice President Halbert Johnston Blue, 44, and Secretary-Treasurer Henry McCoy Blue...