Word: mikes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Except for his size, there is nothing small about brash, bouncy, blue-eyed, wisecracking Mike Todd. Confessing last week that Around the World had cost him $6,000,000, Showman Todd apologized, "I'm ashamed to admit it, it cost so little. Take The Ten Commandments. That cost $1,000,000 a commandment...
...born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen in Minneapolis, the son of an impoverished Polish rabbi, grew up in Chicago to become Mike Todd, his own special creation. He got off to a fast start at eight, playing poker and shooting dice. At twelve he was running an established but impermanent floating crap game. Since then, in one way or another, he has never stopped gambling. He asserts, probably correctly, that he is the only man ever to lose a race track on a horse race...
...second unknown which is baffling the oddsmakers concerns Harvard's ability to cope with Dartmouth's passing attack and trick plays. Although the Indians have lost ace passer Bill Beagle through graduation, Blackman seems to have come up with an adequate replacement in senior Mike Brown. In his first four games, Brown has hit on 20 out of 40 pass attempts for a total of 278 yards. This percentage, coupled with the Crimson's weakness on pass defense, could make the difference in the game...
...hope that these sober facts will not become lost in the political hubbub of the present campaign. It is incumbent on both presidential candidates to admit that the danger of continued H-bomb testing may be much greater than has previously been pointed out, even by Mr. Stevenson. Mike Litt...
...that was before senior Mike Brown, the son of Paul Brown, coach of the professional Cleveland team, took over at quarterback. Although no Beagle, Brown completed over 50 per cent of his passes as an understudy, and he has not slacked off much in his first year of full-time duty. In his first four games, Brown has completed 20 out of 40 pass attempts for a total of 278 yards. Four of his passes have been intercepted and one went for a touchdown...