Word: lame
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hour of Mystery (Sun. 10 p.m., ABC). The Case of the Lame Canary by Erie Stanley Gardner, starring Victor Jory...
...Mexican Government's attempt to run the oil industry has been a dismal flop. Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), the operating company, has been loaded with an administration of political lame ducks. Production has fallen, losses have skyrocketed. Mexico, which once exported 50% of its oil, now has barely enough for its own increased consumption. And it is in grave danger of running out of oil if Poza Rica, the one rich field, should go dry-as overworked fields sometimes...
...Democratic nomination was witty, jowly Attorney General Robert Kenny, who keeps his eye on political horses, ready to jump on the fast ones. He thought a Roman ride on the Democratic Party and the C.I.O.'s Political Action Committee would win the race. Both pulled up lame...
...boasts Smith, "and we're not ashamed to admit it."). Of the Shack's pool table he says: "It puts us one up on the nearest beer hall." Smith's explanation of his work: "When Christ was on earth He made the blind to see, the lame to walk. We, too, believe in ministering to the people's everyday wants in order to fulfill their spiritual needs...
...charged with conspiracy to spy for Russia, one was already serving a 2½-year term in Kingston Penitentiary (TIME, April 22), twelve had been committed for trial. Last week in case No. 14, that of Dr. David Shugar, 30-year-old Polish-born scientist, the Government pulled up lame...