Word: mine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Welker gave a fascinating account of the aftermath to a 1951 radio recording session in which Senators debated Far Eastern problems. Said Welker: "The Senator from Indiana [Republican Homer Capehart] threw out of the broadcasting studio into my arms the Senator from Minnesota [Democrat Hubert Humphrey], a friend of mine. The Senator from New York [Democrat Herbert Lehman] then decided to get into the fray, on the back of the Senator from Indiana. He was, in turn, thrown back into the studio. The late Senator Taft-I never knew he came from the West-bulldogged the Senator from New York...
Jordan had trouble getting started in football as well at the University of Pittsburgh, where he went to study mine engineering. After sitting out his freshman year because of a broken collarbone, he became head of the supply room. With this august authority, he issued himself a uniform and began to practice with the varsity. "The athletic director couldn't help but notice me, and asked what the heck I was doing out there, so I told him I was going to make a football leter, or leave Pitt. He told me all right, stay out if you want...
...mine," said Sullivan angrily, "has always been in the interest of the people of Cambridge. Any day that a Councilman is not able to present an issue before the Council Meeting we might just as well pack up and leave." The meeting was then adjourned...
Chuckling, the first remarked that each campaigner had his own office, but that this was (said with a wink) "sort of mine...
...league baseball used to be a seasonal occupation. Come fall, a player could clean up his shotgun, untangle his fishing tackle, or just loaf on the front porch waiting for spring. If he needed spare cash, he could act like a businessman. Then eager-beaver bushers discovered a gold mine: the winter leagues. Across the Caribbean, from Cuba to Colombia, hotheaded Latins were paying good money to watch the Great American Game. A man could keep solvent, keep warm, and keep in practice all winter. Best of all, he could keep on playing baseball...