Word: nicking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wallgren]." A Seattle industrialist playing dominoes turned and frowned disapprovingly until someone whispered: "That's Nick Bez. You know, fishing." The frown promptly dissolved into an understanding smile...
...industry falling away like autumn leaves (see The Economy), CPA last week turned women's fashions back to free enterprise. It killed order L-85, the wartime measure which restricted the use of materials in dresses and women's coats. CPA's action came in the nick of time. Retailers already had on hand hundreds of thousands of fall and winter garments mistakenly and illegally made in disregard of L-85. Now retailers, who had faced losses in the millions, could sell the clothing. But the full effects of the freeing of materials would probably...
Only striking development in yesterday's session was the rise of the Bob Drennan in the guard picture. After a sparkling performance with the second team in the scrimmage, Drennan was pulled up even with Nick Rodis by Harlow, who said he and Rodis now have an equal chance of starting against the Crusaders. Paul Shafer also did an outstanding job at fullback in the scrimmage...
...only change in the "A" team lineup was the elevation of Frank Miklos to quarterback, but the battle for that spot is still not decided, and Henry Goethals may answer the opening whistle against Holy Cross. Another indefinite post is that of left guard, with Nick Rodis, Bob Drennan and Sid Smith in the running for first team status...
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's President Nick Schenck, who had joyfully announced that company profits for the first ten months of this fiscal year were a whopping $12,579,245, recently finished the third of a series of two-week conclaves on the problem. Out from New York to confer with production heads went President Spyros Skouras of 20th Century, whose six-month divvy of $11,449,449 was 111% higher than last year...