Word: haying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...soldier, fresh from two years' overseas duty, banged the top of the register during an actor's tussle with Russell in the hay...
...handlers gave him a soft diet of bran mash and hay, and nothing to do all day. Then gradually he was brought up to form with long jogs and short workouts. A fortnight ago, at Florida's Hialeah Park, the Big Train raced again. He won-by a few inches. Last week, with 130 Ibs. on his back,† the brown gelding did it again. Neither race was an important one, but they were impressive warm-ups for the winter's big two: the $50,000 Widener Handicap at Hialeah next week and the $100,000 Santa Anita...
...Arkansas, Jones will be running a state university where the girls are outnumbered, and wear blue jeans for hay rides, but not to classes. Among its 4,700 students (a 75-year high) are 3,000 ex-G.I.s. Says Jones, grinning: "I like girls, but it will be nice to have a few men around the place...
Washout. For President Miguel Aleman, the troubles posed a political dilemma. Whatever his lack of regard for the oldtime bosses, he still needed their support. Besides, he could not let the rightists make political hay. Firmness in the oil workers' strike (TIME, Dec. 30) had paid off; firmness in a political crisis like that at Oaxaca might pay dividends also...
...wife's death in 1885, was often full of guests (said he: "I run a hotel"). Childless himself, he took great interest in his nieces & nephews, and played "Uncle Henry" and year-round Santa Claus to other youngsters, especially those of his crony, Secretary of State John Hay...