Word: m
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Democrat Lausche, who had whipped the whole state machine to win the nomination, now was playing a lone hand with little mention of the rest of his ticket. His chances on Election day depended on the strength of an increasingly common curbstone comment: "I vote Republican but I'm going to cut over for Lausche...
When they found him next day he was lying with his head pillowed on one arm. He was black, bearded, emaciated, and barefooted. Said one of the rescuers: "Looks like we got a dead one." Alvey moved, opened his eyes. "God, I'm glad to see you," he whispered. "Bring me a drink of water...
Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. of Montreal and its U.S. partner in the Ungava venture, the M. A. Hanna Co. of Cleveland (which holds a 40% interest), were happy over the summer's work. Their engineers had already proved 300 million tons of high-grade...
...secret, Nadelman was developing a new form of sculpture. His final works, rescued from the obscurity of his Riverdale attic, were the hits of last week's show. Made mostly in plaster or papier-mâché (a mixture of paste and paper pulp), they ranged from life-size figures to tiny dolls. Proof of his brilliance lay in the fact that the tiny ones, of which he did hundreds, had a monumental quality. With their archaic smiles, compactness and classic grace of pose, they looked like quick sketches for heroic statues. But that was not Nadelman...
During the depression, a millionaire walked into the Minneapolis office of a floundering outdoor-sports magazine, and shyly presented a manuscript he had written. The editor sized up the author and the story and bought it for $10. He got a great bargain: before grateful Lumberman M. J. Bell Sr. was through, he had invested more than $50,000 to keep Sports Afield afloat...