Word: patly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political grip is neither Gestapo-like nor especially sinister, but he quietly exercises a kind of all-embracing, behind-the-scenes influence which has largely vanished from more-complicated areas of the country. Though Biltz is a Republican, crusty old Democratic Senator Pat Mc-Carran communes with him from Washington almost daily by long-distance telephone. Nevada's bumbling G.O.P. Senator Malone is beholden to him. And Biltz hand-picked Nevada's Governor Charles Russell. As a result, Nevada's big gamblers (who are also big campaign contributors) listen when Biltz whispers, for the gover nor appoints...
Leading the investigations were the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, headed until November by Senator Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) and by Sen. William E. Jenner (R-Ind.) afterwards; and the House Un-American Activities Committee, headed by Rep. Harold Velde (R-Ill.). Both group had full subpoena power, both had sent large research staffs in the field for months before they called witnesses. Both confronted witness with large stores of information on Communist and front activity during the last fifteen years. In almost every state in the union, state legislative committees had started or were preparing similar investigations...
...Passed a bill to apply the Constitution's "full faith and credit" clause to divorces, so that decrees granted by one state will be recognized by all states. The bill's sponsor: the Senator from the divorce-mill state, Pat McCarran of Nevada. ¶ Repealed an old but forgotten 1890 law permitting servicemen to buy their way out of the Army...
...playoff. The "A" team was led by Brophy, Oakley, Marv Arthurs, Whitney, Peyton, and Dewan, while Van Wye, Spencer, Walser, Bill Aaron, Hal Collard, and Bud Ingoldsby played for the "B" team. The hockey team, led by Cook, Bill Looney, Hank Feldman, Boies, Pete Frye, Mike Halberstam, Wehtje, and Pat Conmy, made a strong post-vacation finish...
Only good clutch pitching by Crimson relief pitcher Pat Groper saved the game, for the Big Red amassed the astonishing total of 11 bits off his offerings and those of starter-and winner-Andy Ward...