Word: marsh
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Frazer's "associates" include David Baird, vice president of Marsh & McLennan, insurance brokers, and Floyd Odium, Boyd Hatch and Oswald L. Johnston, all of Atlas Corp. But Atlas itself is putting no money into Graham-Paige stock. Atlas Corp.'s June 30 statement showed a heavy cash position. The purchases were made by Atlas officers and directors as "personal investments...
After staggering through this night marsh inning, which saw the Stablemen collect six singles, a walk, two stolen bases, and a home run, the Jumbo pitcher, Kidder, settled down and hurled two-hit ball over the last four frames. But the damage was done, and the Stahlmen had clinched their third straight victory...
...painter (TIME, May 29), journeyed from Bangor, Me. to Manhat tan to receive his $2,500 first prize in Pepsi-Cola's Portrait of America painting contest, first business-sponsored art competition to be judged by prominent artists and esthetes (including Rockwell Kent, Fernand Leger, Alexander Brook, Reginald Marsh, Max Weber). Peirce's prizewinner: a radiant Maine Swimming Hole. Peirce's comment: "I've already spent the money. ... I like Pepsi-Cola with rum in it.... Now maybe I'll even drink some straight...
...Marsh Job. Sending his troops slogging through the Pripet Marshes, Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky seized Pinsk, after bombarding it from gunboats sent into the Pripet River from the Dnieper. Then he started to erase the German salient in the marshes, at the base of which lay Brest-Litovsk...
...Taking the (apparently) longest way round to finish Italian fascism-by mock-saluting the big frog while preparing to clean up the marsh...