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Word: manhattans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. John Lenord Merrill, 83, cable tycoon (All American Cables & Radio, Inc., American Cable & Radio Corp.), who helped wire the two Americas together; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 26, 1949 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...Manhattan's Hotel Commodore last week, the top brass of two big league ball clubs eyed each other for size and vulnerability. Both were suffering similar symptoms: the New York Giants had some stars who did not speak Manager Leo Durocher's roughneck language and the Boston Braves had a long list of players who were incompatible with easygoing Manager Billy Southworth. A swap might keep both from repeating their indifferent 1949 showings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Incompatibles | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Under the smooth promotional hand of Pillsbury Mills, Inc., 100 top amateur U.S. cooks competed last week in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in a $70,-ooo prize baking contest. With 100 electric ranges set up on the ballroom floor, the cooks-97 women and three men-donned aprons and went to work. All day, under the watchful gaze of judges, the hopefuls produced such culinary delights as golden glow cake, black & white pie and glorified cherry upside-down cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLICITY: $50,000 Twist | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...violation of exchange controls. The prosecution charged that I. Hennig shipped ?76,254 ($213,511) worth of rough diamonds to Tangier and attached false invoices to make it appear that the gems were consigned to a Tangier merchant. Actually, the gems were bought by U.S. merchants, among them Manhattan's Harry Winston, Inc. (TIME, April 18) and A. G. Parser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Bargains in Tangier | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Died. Brigadier General Arthur Vincent McDermott, 61, who as wartime head of the nation's biggest draft board (he called it "agony headquarters") put 900,000 New Yorkers into uniform; after long illness; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 26, 1949 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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