Word: liens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...record in the 1947 World Series when he was called from the bullpen in six of the seven games; by his own hand; in Atlanta, Ga. Depressed by his fall from big-league to semi-pro ball, by a messy paternity suit, a $6,759 tax lien and a reported heart ailment, the onetime "Fat Fireman of Flatbush" telephoned to his estranged wife, told her "I'm all dead inside," then, as she listened, shot and killed himself...
...Gambler Frank Erickson, 56, serving two years in jail on bookmaking charges (TIME, July 3), got a bill from the U.S. Government for back taxes, interest and penalties between 1937-46. The bill: $2,258,349.91. The Government slapped a lien on three Erickson real-estate corporations, just to make sure that the ex-king of the U.S. bookmakers paid...
...halfback lien showed depth with veterans Larry Leonard, "Pants" Pantatconi, and "Laisi" Berger backed by Kick Miller and sophomore Dana Getchell. The goal was scour under the care of Dick Craven and Don Harshman...
...last ambassadorial duty to perform. On orders from Formosa, he gave ?20 toward medical expenses for ailing Lien-ho, the giant panda presented to the London Zoo in 1946 by Nationalist China as a token of friendship...