Word: partnership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year, said that his income from Mulligan & Co. is more than $50,000 a year (no significant change since 1953). Said he: "I was very anxious to retain my interest in Mulligan on account of the income, which I felt I needed." However, he offered to give up the partnership and income completely if the subcommittee would clear him of any misconduct, and "if ... I will be helping the Air Force and the Administration...
...year. Meanwhile, a group of alumni and friends have organized the Turkish-American Educational Society to supplement Robert's $4,000,000 endowment with gifts of $170,000 a year. In return for all this, Duncan Ballantine hopes to make Robert play an even larger role in the partnership it has formed with Turkey. "The Turks," says he, "have done so much in the last 30 years. What they need, and what we need, is a center for the study of economic development. Our function should be more than merely education. We ought to be helping Turkey develop...
...fire turned the merry partnership to ashes. Their Broadway Theatre Comique burned to the ground in the winter of 1884. Harrigan accused Hart's brother-in-law of quitting his night watchman's post early. Hart upbraided Harrigan because Harrigan's father had allowed their $30,000 fire-insurance policy to lapse...
...Polished Partnership. Ever since 1943 when he broke into the Negro leagues, Newcombe has been demonstrating his lusty skill on the diamond. Mrs. Effa Manley, owner of the Newark (N.J.) Eagles, gave him his first big chance in 1944 simply because he looked big enough (6 ft. 4 in., 225 lbs.) to throw hard. By 1946 he was throwing hard enough to make his way to a Dodger farm club in Nashua. N.H. There, a mild-mannered manager named Walter Alston learned his first lessons in handling the moody pitcher. And an up-and-coming catcher named Roy Campanella learned...
...season, in the bush-league ball parks of Latin America, Campy and Newk continued to polish up their partnership. When Newk was called up to the Dodgers in 1949, Campy was already there, ready to help him win 17 (he lost only eight) to become Rookie of the Year. Since then, Newcombe has racked up records of 19-11, 20-9, 9-8 with two years out ('52 and '53) for Army service...