Word: patly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that his Terriers are going to wear out onto Soldiers Field tomorrow. It is improbable though, that he will find Dick Harlow on the other end of the leash. There are too many gridiron "giants" still shaking the cobwebs from their heads after dismissing Donelli with a paternal pat on the head...
...manager, was a classical study in human relations. At 50, his long string of failures after a smashing initial success (as the "boy manager" of the 1924 Washington Senators) had given Bucky a special understanding of athletes and their failings. He never bawled a player out. His theory: a pat on the back is worth two pep talks. He took a talented but out-of-sorts team, listened to all the complaints, took the players' side in any beef with the front office. Once, when a Yankee pitcher was called on the mat for openly betting on the horses...
Determined to break Pat McHugh's stranglehold, Barnes charged that the union constituted an illegal monopoly under the state's laws. Superior Court Justice Edward T. Broadhurst agreed. The dispute, he found, was not a labor dispute between the union and employers, but a business matter between the union and the buyers. Last week Broadhurst issued a permanent injunction preventing the union from fixing the price or artificially limiting the supply of fish in Massachusetts markets. Henceforth the union would have to take its chances in the open market...
That night, the Senator went on the air over Mutual Broadcasting's Meet the Press, again gave Harry Truman a warm pat on the back. After the program there was a telephone call for Senator Pepper. From the other end of the wire a familiar Missouri voice spoke. The President wanted to thank Pepper for the nice things he had said. The program had come in very clearly, he added, and was very animated...
...expected, the British team-a combination of campaigners past their tennis prime like Mrs. Menzies, and youngsters on the way up like blonde, 19-year-old Joy Gannon-was no match for Margaret Osborne, Louise Brough, Doris Hart and Pat Todd. Just as last year, the world-beating U.S. team swept all matches, won 7 to o. But the British had their moments. Betty Hilton forced Doris Hart to a touch-&-go third set; Miss Hart's hairline passing shots finally...