Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...definition Bernard Mannes Baruch is a "practical economist." His theory has been applied in the most hazardous of profit mediums-the stockmarket. But of Mr. Baruch, his old boss. Columnist Hugh Johnson wrote last week: "His effectiveness as a practical economist is suggested by his own magnificent solvency." Last week before the Senate's Special Committee to Investigate Unemployment & Relief Mr. Baruch had a lot to say about his country's solvency, which is currently not magnificent. He took two days to say it, and when he was through his testimony was hailed as the "heaviest...
...plays tennis and handball to keep in trim. In a sport which batters and bruises players so badly that the average hockey player is forced to retire after five years, he is outstanding. Only one stitch has been taken in his anatomy in the past four years. Famed Ching Johnson in twelve seasons of big-league hockey has had bones broken in 27 different parts of his body. Even more outstanding may be the records Dave Kerr establishes by the time he is Ching Johnson...
Started in 1926 as a novelty for Manhattan's new Madison Square Garden, the Rangers, under Manager Patrick, were developed into an effective machine of famed players including Frank Boucher, Bill & Bun Cook, Murray Murdoch, Ching Johnson, who won the Stanley Cup twice...
Nobody knows how old a story ragtime is to the Negroes of the South. But the first man to write ragtime down on paper was a slick-haired Kentuckian, Ben Harney, whose songs Mr. Johnson Turn Me Loose and You've Been a Good Old Wagon, but You've Done Broke Down were hits in the gay 'nineties. Last week 66-year-old Harney, forgotten in the era of swing, died of heart disease in a Philadelphia rooming house...
...Another Johnson hope is lightweight Harvey Ross who has fallen victim to blind grappler Allman of Penn and undefeated 118-pounder Mallon of Yale. Because of his rapid improvement and his records against Penn State and Princeton, observers are counting on him to advance to the final round on Saturday...