Word: pennsylvanias
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...alphabetically by office and without regard to party. Taft supporters, who feared the drawing power of popular Democratic Governor Frank Lausche at the top of a straight-ticket ballot, figured the change was worth 100,000 votes to the Republicans next fall. Democrats prepared to challenge its legality. ¶Pennsylvania became the 18th state to approve (and New Jersey the 27th state to reject) a bonus for World War II veterans. Pennsylvania will start passing out its $500 million bonus (maximum payment: $500) within the next 90 days...
...with his ticket. He fumbled when the airport bus driver asked for the $1.25 fare until a kindly passenger coughed up. There was no problem at the field: he just walked up the gangway with everybody else, settled down in a seat beside the window, soon, high over eastern Pennsylvania, he was chatting with the stewardess and sipping chicken broth...
...Oregon, 41-14. Oklahoma's split-T formation crackled and snapped to send a strong Missouri team down, 27-7, for its worst defeat of the year. The only one of the four that got a good scare was Army. In Philadelphia's Franklin Field, desperate Pennsylvania switched to a two-platoon system for the first time and made 23 first downs to Army's ten. But Army, an old hand at two-platooning, squeaked by, 14-13. Hay in the Barn. Apart from the big four, the only team of any stature left that was still...
...such a kick out of platoon football as Coaches Blaik, Leahy, Waldorf and Wilkinson. Complained some old-fashioned fans: the new game turned out more specialists, but was it really as much sport? Smaller schools, lagging in man and coaching-power, could hardly keep up the pace. As Pennsylvania's switch to the platoon system last week indicated, however, the new game looked tempting to the schools that could play it. It seemed to be around to stay...
...received honorary degrees from Harvard, Princeton, Wesleyan, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Williams, Boston University, University of Hawaii, Western Reserve, Trinity, Rollins, and the University of Lyons, France...