Word: hand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lineup continues with right fielder Bob Thompson, third base Bill Hickey, and Ralph Robinson, left fielder. Tim Wise or Al Switzer--will start at first, depending on the condition of Wise's injured hand. Catcher Bill Goodman completes the batting order...
...behind the scenes of financial manipulations, to the closed door sessions in Morgan's library or on board his great yacht Corsair. Here, are some famous deals--among others the formation of U. S. Steel and the attempts to meet the 1907 panic among others--guided by the powerful hand of Pierpont Morgan. Through this description of Morgan's character in action, the reader discovers the nature of the financial world of the times, its temper and its spirit...
...move placed Edgar in official control of the corporation at a time when a strong hand was needed to combat dropping sales and rising competition. A smart, hard-working man who spends twelve hours a day in the office, he was probably the only man in K-F who might be able to pull the company through its troubles...
Died. John Martin, 64, "Uncrowned King of South Africa" for three decades; after long illness; in Johannesburg. Martin managed the Argus newspaper chain (15 dailies, 13 weeklies), headed famed "Corner House," which controlled 16 gold mines and had a hand in a dozen more...
Administrative officials of the University, in contrast to the undergraduate groups, have expressed disapproval of such measures as S 133 and H 1296 on several occasions. No official representatives from Harvard will be on hand, however, to testify at the hearing today...