Word: match
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...looking girl with great expectations. She falls passionately in love with an attractive fortune hunter (well played by Peter Cookson); but her coldhearted, sardonic father (well played by Basil Rathbone), thoroughly aware of the suitor's motives and utterly unconcerned with his daughter's feelings, forbids the match on pain of disinheritance...
Died. William Armstrong Fairburn, 70, eccentric recluse, president of the Diamond Match Co. since 1915-five years after he had perfected a nonpoisonous match; in Center Lovell...
...fighter Fuller has lost only one fight, a close decision to national AAU champ, Willie Clemmons, two weeks ago in the Garden, while winning 26 other fights, 21 by knockouts. Clemmons plans to turn pro the first of next year, but Fuller may fight him in a return match toward the end of November. A heavyweight, he has not met most of the other possible contenders for the Olympic position at that weight. To win the coveted trip to London, Fuller will have to take the New England regionals, which will be held early next spring in Boston, and then...
Every time Louise hit the ball, father Johnny Suggs looked anxiously on with the appearance of a man protecting a one-run lead with the bases loaded. At the 34th hole, the match was even. At the 35th, Louise was one up. At the 36th, Louise's tee shot faded into the rough and her father was half afraid to look. Calmly she selected a club, wiggled once and sent a tremendous wood shot to the green. Then she curved a putt around a partial stymie and the ball dropped into the cup. That gave her the match...
Beverly thinks a real sharpshooter squad will be ready for the first match, tentatively scheduled for the first week in November...