Word: m
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...following were selected by the nominating committee last week: David M. Abbott, William L. Alden, Edward F. Burke, Charles R. Brynteson, James R. Carman, Albert B. Carter, Jr., Daniel A. Cronin, William Curwen, Wilbur M. Davis, Charles W. Detjen, Jerome Gavin, Alfred M. Goodloe, Jr., Bruce Harriman, Frederick D. Houghteling, Howard E. Houston, Amory Houghton, Jr., Frank S. Jones, Edward P. Linehan, David Poskanzer, Walter Raushenbush, John G. Simon, Thomas C. Simons, and Jonathan M. Spivak...
...most avid check-snatcher and tipper, its most unflagging patron of flower shops and buyer of sparkling burgundy (which he called "bubble ink"). His pinkish-blond hair was as much a trademark as his open-throat shirt, his fetish against wearing hats, ties or overcoats. "I'm a publicity hound," he told Cleveland sportwriters when he took over the Indians. And ex-Marine Bill Veeck, who had lost a leg as a result of combat injuries on Bougainville, always made good copy...
...group of Cleveland businessmen headed by Insurance Executive Ellis Ryan. The sum was about $1,000,900 more than Veeck and his partners had paid for the club. Said Bill Veeck, when asked what major-league city he was planning to invade next: "I'm not even worrying now about getting back into the baseball business." But nobody thought that Bill Veeck, even with his share of the capital gains, could stay away very long...
...game's as good as ever, maybe better," admitted scar-faced Tennistar Pancho Gonzales. "I'm O.K. on passing shots and return of serve. We go along neck and neck, each holding service. Then he wins." From Milwaukee to White Plains, N.Y. and on through Pittsfield and Springfield, Mass., it had been as simple as that. When his pro tour with Big Jake Kramer reached Washington, D.C. last week, Gonzales was hollow-eyed from loss of sleep and the humiliation of 17 defeats against three wins...
...venison in her oil-lamplighted farmhouse, where some of the field's biggest oil deals have been closed. Veteran Oilman C. T. McLaughlin came to Scurry County 15 years ago to get away from the business, struck it rich also. He found that his 5,200-acre Diamond M ranch was right above the heart of the Canyon Reef...