Word: mississippis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This time, even John L. seemed to realize that he had gone too far. Leaving the announcement to a lieutenant, he ordered 80,000 Pennsylvania anthracite diggers and his 22,000 U.M.W. miners west of the Mississippi back to the pits this week. So far, the only victims of John 'Lewis' haughty methods were his own miners...
...only other: Mississippi...
Strategic Errors. That was John Lewis' way of repairing some grave errors in his own strategy. When the miners' contract ran out nearly three months ago he had modified the traditional "no contract, no work" policy by ordering all his soft-coal miners east of the Mississippi on a three-day week. But that strategem had fizzled...
Harvard of the East meets the "Harvard of the West' on the gridiron in Palo Alto, for that is how boastful Westerners refer to Stanford University. West of the Mississippi, Stanford in fact carries all the social and intellectual prestige that Harvard has in the East But at opposite ends of the continent, these universities represent opposite ways of college life. The gay, outdoor, coed, magazine-type collegiate life dominates Stanford. Often called a playboy's school, Stanford presents a happy blend of good comradeship, rural atmosphere, and high scholarship...
Charlie Coe, the tournament's thin man (6 ft. 1 in., 135 lbs.), is an insurance broker from Ardmore, Okla. A more ardent golfer than King (he has twice won the Trans-Mississippi crown), 25-year-old Finalist Coe was the favorite as he squared off on the first tee. Both amateurs promptly began playing like amateurs. Coe, normally as cool as a barrel of ice water and deadly with a putter, three-putted the first green. Then he settled down and it was King's turn to blow...