Word: moran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thus many retailers genuinely feel that Sunday service, however burdensome, is a necessary and legitimate response to consumer needs. In Chicago, Courtesy Motor Sales President Jim ("World's Largest Ford Dealer") Moran, a Roman Catholic, relies on Sunday deals for 25% of his weekly volume. Says Moran: "It's no sin. As long as saloons are open on Sunday, I don't see anything wrong with selling automobiles...
Married. Gertrude Augusta ("Gorgeous Gussie") Moran, 32, high-stepping onetime tennis star (women's indoor singles champion, 1949) who raised eyebrows and lowered camera angles by playing at Wimbledon in lace panties; and Thomas Joseph Corbally, 35, industrial-design firm vice president; in New York City...
...Shea to sounder footing, then left to help others. That was the last time anybody saw O'Shea alive. Recruit John Edward Martinez pulled Charles Reilly shoreward to chest-deep water. Reilly gasped: "I'm O.K." Martinez left him-and Reilly disappeared. Recruit Joseph Anthony Moran (son of Actress Thelma Ritter) brought Leroy Thompson to relative safety and went out again. Thompson went under. So did little Jerry Thomas. So did Tom Hardeman, the platoon's best swimmer, who had been helping others...
...unarmed detective force. Since the company replaces millions of lost or stolen checks each year, its 100-man detective bureau has its hands full fighting forgers, pickpockets and counterfeiters, has quietly sent dozens of them to jail. In 1937, after the Government failed to jail Capone Henchman Bugs Moran, American Express nailed him for passing counterfeit traveler's checks...
...Cumberlands," sits the quiet town of Danville (pop. 10,000) and tiny Centre College (enrollment 417; male, 250.) Back in 1921 Centre was even smaller; its total student body numbered about 200. Of the 31 men who came out for football in that year, however, Coach Charley Moran fashioned a team that became a gridiron power in the East. On October 29, in Harvard Stadium, his Colonels came out of their half-time prayer meeting to beat the Crimson, 6 to 0, in one of the most startling upsets of sports history. "Harvard's defeat Saturday at the hands...