Word: jims
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...literary symbol has emerged, a character who is a kind of poor relation to the rich, left-wing intellectual of the brilliant Huxley 'aos. He has started not only a new literary trend in Britain, but he marks the end of an intellectual era. See BOOKS, Lucky Jim & His Pals...
...Pope Pius XII, and finds time for relaxation with his attractive wife and five children. But like many an Irish boy brought up around the "Horseshoe" District of the late Frank Hague's sprawling, dirty Jersey City, Murray is a hard-rock politician at heart. Last week Jim Murray broke Hague Successor John V. Kenny's eight-year grip on Jersey City...
...hate Frank Hague, who slapped down Murray Sr. every time he reached for office. When Kenny toppled Hague in 1949, Murray Sr. finally won with him and became Parks Commissioner. But his alliance with Kenny was short-lived. In 1950 the elder Murray defied the boss, backed son Jim for Congress. For this insubordination Kenny stripped Murray of power, put him in charge of Jersey City's one public bath and its nine employees. Then Kenny canceled out the younger Murray with an obscure candidate also named James Murray Jr. (no middle initial), sent his own man to Congress...
...skill of Detroit Third Baseman Reno Bertoia? For two full seasons, and even this spring, Bonus Baby Bertoia sometimes performed like a crossfoot clown in the field and was too tense at bat to hit his hat size. Still, as the season started, Bertoia was given the nod over Jim Finigan to play third. He has yet to make an error, and at week's end he was second in the American League in batting with a hefty .375 (behind Boston's Ted Williams...
...Jim Damis of Adams won the 100 yards dash in ten seconds flat to set a new house record as the Gold Coasters dominated the running events. Winthrop got one of its three first places in the 220 as Griff Winthrop won with a time of 23 seconds. In the 120 yard hurdles, Dick Weller of Adams won in 15.4 seconds...