Word: jims
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...jettisoning of Cabinet members not in full sympathy with the "Second New Deal." But nobody knew better than Harry Truman that for the four-year term he had earned for himself he would need tough and able men high in public confidence. A vengeful victor might have kicked out Jim Forrestal, who had not raised a finger in the campaign. But the man Truman had appointed as the nation's first Defense Secretary was deep in a complex military budget and other defense matters that must soon go to Congress. Last week, Washington heard that Truman had asked Forrestal...
Early last week shy, bespectacled Lieut. Colonel Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Minister of Defense, and dumpy Lieut. Colonel Marco Pérez Jiménez, Chief of Staff, called on President Gallegos. Their message was simple: do as the army has bidden or else. Deadline: tomorrow. Next day the entire cabinet resigned, but the day dragged on without a word of a new cabinet...
Clark will be playing in number two, with Hugh Foster (a third member of the Foster squash triumvirate), Captain Jim McKittrick, Charlie Ames, Hugh Nawn, and Bob Fischelis completing today's lineup of seven. Number four man Milt Heath will be in New York and out of action...
These men are so evenly rated that the varsity coach still doesn't know which five will start tonight. Smith, a loose, six-foot five push shot and re-bound specialist, seems like a sure bet for one of the forwards. The other will be either sophomore Jim Gabler or ex-football player Pete Petrillo. In the pivot it will be either John "Rock" Rockwell or high Bill Prior...
Down at Brown, Coach Bob Morris is counting on a flock of sophomores to stop the Crimson. Co-Captains Jim Cooney and Al Kovachik are the only two seniors on the team...