Word: pits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Crime, traditionally heavy favorites, will field a traumatic lineup. Wily staffers have filled the holes left by the loss of such stars as R. Sibley "The Cat" Ludenderff and "Mad Anthony" Carodny with new blood. The rags-to-riches nine will pit the skill of veteran receiver Backyard Stupor and hurler A. P. "Benjy" Farb against the speed of Olivoyl Quislin, who is the probably mound choice of the alien ibismen...
...announced one of its 1948 "achievement" awards for British-born Actress Madeleine Carroll, for "combining excellence in her chosen career with continuing service to humanity." Other winners: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt ("Woman of the Year"), 88-year-old self-taught Painter "Grandma" Moses, and Novelist Mary Jane Ward (The Snake Pit...
...National Mental Health Foundation last year began naming a "Psychiatric Aide of the Year." This week the 1948 award ($500 and a citation) went to Milwaukee's Brand. Chief reason why he was picked by a board of judges that included Author Mary Jane Ward (The Snake Pit): he has stopped using "restraint" (hospital lingo for straitjackets, "camisoles," belts, wristcuffs, etc.). In his ward, Brand has been trying kindness and reasonableness instead...
...Snake Pit. A harrowing adaptation of the bestselling novel, with Olivia de Havilland as the mental patient (TIME...
...Snake Pit. A harrowing adaptation of the bestselling novel, with Olivia de Havilland as the mental patient (TIME...