Word: jakes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...many hard-working political reporters, looking back on their campaign coverage, could not see how they could have done better under the circumstances. Even their best sources had failed them, apparently led astray by the polls. Said one last week: "If a professional like Jake Arvey thinks his Democrats will lose Illinois by up to half a million votes, how can a reporter know that they...
...Jake Kramer and Dinny Pails, touring tennis pros, got off with minor bumps and scratches when their car skidded and rolled over twice near Gunnedah, New South Wales. They made it to their next scheduled exhibition match by taxi...
Wasting no time in the third period, Dunster, sparked by the powerful line play of guards Tom O'Shea and Jake Nackshian and center Bob Kelly rolled down the field on its bucks and power pushes. Murray Pearlstein burst over center from the 12 and scored standing up, but the extra point buck again failed. A wild passing spree failed to help Lowell in the closing minutes of the game...
...just before the bell. (This week Truman hinted that Dewey is a "front man" for fascism, and likened him to Hitler.) In an effort to inject some commotion, both parties revived the old-time torchlight procession. Harry Truman began the week with a monster rally in Chicago, where Boss Jake Arvey's minions kindled enough flame and fireworks to burn down the whole town. Tom Dewey, after another dash through the Midwest, would conclude his campaign at a Madison Square Garden rally which would be heralded by the red flares of a Manhattan parade...
...dining in both Boston and Cambridge. Such spots as Jim's, the Coach Grille, the Belia Vista, and the O. G. are old stand-bys for residents of the Square, but the more ambitious and opulent may care to venture in town to such famous spots as Locke Obers, Jake Wirth's the Parker House, the Union Oyster House, or Durgin Park, all of which are within easy distance of what passes for the Hub's light belt...