Word: mated
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their conversation in which he had offered to help Ike get anything he wanted, including the presidency in 1948. But, said Harry Truman, Eisenhower forgot to complete the story. The President had also told him that he would not mind running for the vice-presidency, as Ike's mate...
Machinist's Mate. Dave sold newspapers and Christmas trees, fished in houseboat-bordered Lake Union to piece out the family fortunes. His mother worked in a laundry. He never forgot waiting for her outside its steamy windows while she drudged on late at night. Eyeing the ornate houses of the rich on Capitol Hill, Dave resolved to be as good as any of them...
...left Seattle's Broadway High School after three years to drive a laundry truck. During World War I he joined the Navy, was sent to Killingholme, England as a machinist's mate, and flew over the North Sea in lumbering Curtiss flying boats on anti-Zeppelin patrols. Travel fanned his ambition...
...salesman, a jurist peddling candy, a ballet dancer spewing venom, a famous playwright and actress (Oscar Homolka & Lili Darvas) on their uppers-they are bitter and sweet, grumbling and gallant, some taking misfortune in their stride, some wearing Budapest on their sleeve. In time most of them find their mate or their metier; while those whom the immigration authorities threaten with tragedy are saved by a phone call to Bernard Baruch...
...center, Holy Cross has 202-pound Jim Deffley, playing his third year as varsity pivotman, and highly regarded by Crusader followers for his vicious tackling. The left guard is Hank Beaulieu, 196 pounds of muscular energy. His running mate on the other side of the line, Jim Reilly, weighs 189 pounds...