Word: notes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pitfalls and pratfalls were everywhere. In Detroit last week, a woman walked into a butcher shop without having got an introduction from an old customer. A butcher eyed her, scribbled a note to the boss. It read: "Who is she?" The answer: "I don't know. Starve the bitch...
Lining up next to him in the tackle slot is Mort Singer, on the other side at center, Bill Sharpe, and at end appears Hugh McCaffery. The only thing of note about these men to a non-Kirkland rooter is that they all played on the pre-war house squad. And they all carry around 190 units of avoirdupois...
Princeton's press box put Soldiers Field to shame. At Palmer Stadium the reporters were offered everything from coke to sandwiches to gridiron diagrams--all gratis. It may be just a subtle form or poisoning the press, but the H.A.A, might take note. Tiger Tale Told Harvard Princeton First downs 11 10 Gains by rushing 260 31 Passes attempted 9 19 Passes Completed 3 8 Gains by passes 34 196 Interceptions 2 1 Number punts 8 10 Distance punts 39 41.5 Runback of punts 34 16 Fumbles 5 5 Fumbles recovered 4 4 Penalties 8 7 Yards penalized...
...splendid achievement, said the President. But he also wanted to sound a sober note of warning. Said he: "I hope every businessman, worker, farmer and consumer will take to heart this sentence [from the report]: 'An all-out emphasis on production of finished goods and on preventing a further increase in prices is the task immediately before...
...British Government called the statement "most unfortunate," said it "may well jeopardize a settlement in Palestine." In a towering rage, mild Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister, sent a sharp personal note of protest to Truman, went to his country home, Chequers, to cool off for the weekend. Britons professed to fear that Truman's statement would incite Palestine Jews to new disorders and uncompromising demands. The Jewish underground army had already ended the "truce" of nonviolence. Arab leaders angrily attacked the Truman plan, said it could only be forced through if backed by half a million U.S. troops...