Word: partner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Uranium for Bombs. From the outset, Canada was a close partner with the U.S. in the atomic-bomb program. Howe took over the subArctic Eldorado mine and stepped up its output to provide uranium for the first bombs. His production skill and quick thinking won him high regard in Washington, even though he was a notably tough bargainer for Canada. "What a quarterback C. D. Howe would have made," said F.D.R. "If one play fails, he always has another one up his sleeve...
...Australian Lawn Tennis Association. During the five-minute discussion that followed, Sir Norman put his arm around Savitt's shoulder and pleaded with him to play. Still sulking, Savitt turned his back. Finally, 13 minutes after his walkout, and at the earnest urging of his doubles partner, young (18) Ham Richardson, Savitt went back on to the court...
Died. Veteran Comedienne Polly (Pauline Theresa) Moran, 66, who starred in early Mack Sennett two-reelers, hit her peak as Marie Dressler's sparring partner in such early-talkie slapstick wrangles as Prosperity, Caught Short; of a heart ailment; in Hollywood...
Homework. In Los Angeles, Boxer Alfonso ("Apples") Arenas' bride of five months sued him for divorce, tearfully explained to the court that she could no longer take being used as his sparring partner...
...Other codefendants, cleared of any responsibility in damaging Central States, included such Wall Street notables as Lawyer John Foster Dulles, Sidney Weinberg, partner of Goldman, Sachs (TIME, June 11); Clarence Dillon, head of Dillon, Read & Co.; Waddill Catchings, former senior partner of Goldman, Sachs and co-author of The Road to Plenty, which helped inspire Herbert Hoover's 1929 theory of permanent prosperity...