Word: hands
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Frank Hague had left his rococo Miami Beach winter home to rush back to Jersey City and take a hand in a city election. Defeat was in the wind. His stooge and nephew, Frank Hague Eggers, was on the run. Eggers, who had succeeded aging uncle Frank as mayor two years before, and four other Hague city commissioners were facing a well-heeled and powerful opposition which was determined to throw them out. The man in the high collar, who admits to 73 but is probably past 75, was fighting for political survival...
...Lake Success last week, Israel's dapper little Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett* quoted the prophet Isaiah: "Lo yissa goy el goy herev welo yilmdu od milhama [Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more]." Delegate after delegate shook Sharett's hand, patted him on the back; one even kissed him on both cheeks. No handshakes or kisses were offered by the Arab delegates who, furious over Israel's admission, had stalked out of the Assembly. Next day they were back, still fuming. A bunch of New York City Zionists, adding...
...west and southwest, were within eight miles of the city. Simultaneously, two Red armies from the northwest knifed in toward Woosung Fort at the confluence of the Whangpoo and Yangtze rivers. At one point on the Woosung defense perimeter, Nationalist troops threw back the attackers after a bitter hand-to-hand battle...
...other hand, Scullay, perhaps the best all-around sailor on the Crimson team, is new to dinghy competition. A past champion in the bigger One-Ten sailboat class, Scullay adapted himself to the dinghy a year ago last fall and he captured the freshman intercollegiate championship...
...this was the high point. Williams pulled ahead in the third period, and except for a brief surge in the final period when Estin's last goal brought Harvard within one point and gave the crowd momentary hopes of a comeback, had the game in hand...