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Word: klu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Massive, left-handed Ted Kluszewski is one of the clumsiest first basemen the Memphis Chicks have ever seen. He approaches batted and thrown balls with a kind of baffled defiance, often stops them with his chest or his face. But last week, big 6 ft. 2 in. "Klu" was the talk of the Southern Association. In an afternoon's double-header with New Orleans, in ten times at bat he hit a home run, three triples, two doubles and two singles. His day's work put him far out in front as the league's best batter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Strong Man | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

...accordance with her tradition and as the chief semi-neutral nation, has taken the lead in financing escapes and in finding new homes for the outcasts. But, generous as the financial response has been, American ignorance concerning these refugees has hampered aid programs and offered the Christian Front, the Klu Klux Klan, and the Bund a chance to strike a blow for the swastika here at home. These All Americans with their dupes and colleagues oppose further immigration on the grounds that those already here have increased unemployment. They mutter about our own racial purity and complain that this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GATEWAY TO SHANGRI-LA | 1/29/1941 | See Source »

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