Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Honorary Consul of Bolivia in Philadelphia Philadelphia...
...leading lady was almost dumb with stage fright. On opening night in Philadelphia, her lines faded into half-heard whispers, and the audience squirmed with shared embarrassment. Then a voice rasped down from the cheap seats: "Speak up, Ethel. You Drews is all good actors...
...Face is a carpenter in the off season-a trade that runs in the family. His father, grandfather, two brothers and five uncles are all carpenters. When he was 20, he struck out 36 batters in two semi-pro games on successive Sundays, was promptly signed by the Philadelphia Phillies. The Pirates later drafted him from Fort Worth...
Jaime's family has scrimped and saved to keep him in catgut. His father padded out an annual $600 allowance, given Jaime by the Bolivian government, with jobs as a theater usher, truck driver and (currently) laboratory clerk in a Philadelphia hospital. The trip to Brussels was made possible by the sale of the family's baby grand, plus a $250 gift from the Cleveland Society for Strings and the loan of a $40,000 Stradivarius. Jaime's victory brought him $3,000 in prize money. He is now concertizing in Belgium, and will soon start practicing...
...police searched for Carbo last month, a Los Angeles fight promoter named Jackie Leonard went before the California Athletic Commission, put the finger squarely on Mr. Grey and his managerial sidekick, a Philadelphia hoodlum named Frank ("Blinky") Palermo. Leonard had promoted most of the key fights of Welterweight Champion Don Jordan. He told a shady story. Last year, when Jordan was still only a challenger, Leonard got a phone call from Blinky Palermo. Blinky demanded that "we" be cut in for a piece of Jordan as a condition for getting a title fight with Virgil Akins. Leonard, together with Jordan...