Word: nine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thus began the end of the unprecedented device by which Franklin Roosevelt, nine months before U.S. entry into the war, began to furnish munitions, food, tools and services to nations who became U.S. allies. By this week the horn of U.S. industry and plenty had poured out about $40 billion worth of Lend-Lease. It was help which in the end-result of victory could not be truly measured by what Franklin Roosevelt had once called "the silly foolish old dollar sign...
...second time in nine months, the State Department got a house cleaning. Secretary Stettinius had brought a whole new team with him last December. Now Secretary Byrnes began to fire & hire...
Poor fielding is another difficulty plaguing Coach Floyd Stahl. Twenty-two miscues have been made by the Varsity; many of them coming in critical moments. The loose playing has accounted for nine of the 28 runs scored against the Crimson, and other errors would have let more opposing players cross the plate if it had not been for the tight pitching on the part of Wallace...
...five wins and scored 41 runs, it has fallen down against the one really tough opponent that was on the schedule, that being Holy Cross. There is no doubt that the Crusaders are one of the best teams around, but it is also evident that the local nine could have done much better than it did. In the first game with the Purple the Crimson blew the game on errors; in the second it failed to make the most of the opportunities offered. The five victories registered have been over weak and on the most part inexperienced teams, who played...
Yesterday the Crimson played the strong Brown nine, and on Saturday Tufts will be the opponent at Medford. The last encounter of the season will be against Brown on September 1 at Providence. The Brains have had a fairly good season although Holy Cross best them in the early days of the summer...