Word: press
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When World War II came, Laguerre was in France on political assignments for the London press and Paris-Soir, He was mobilized and sent into the Maginot line. He spent seven days on the beach at Dunkirk before being evacuated aboard a French destroyer, which promptly struck a mine and blew up. Fished out of the North Sea by a British destroyer, he was taken to England and given his choice of repatriation or joining the Free French forces. He chose General Charles de Gaulle, later became his liaison man with the English-language press in North Africa, Italy...
...this affects Harvard's chances against Cornell tomorrow. The Crimson, on the strength of its one performance to date, has been praised in the skies by the sportswriters, ranked twelfth in the nation according to the Williamson ratings (a fallacy anyway), and picked by the Associated Press to win. Overconfidence again? Perhaps...
Cloveland Manager Lou Boudreau, who handled Feller's throw, had argued with Stewart over his decision, and Associated Press pictures of the game indicate that he may have been right. They show Boudreau putting the tag on Masi as he slid back into second. Stewart could not be reached for comment...
This same McCabe gave the working press its first insights into the football technique of one "Lefty" James of Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell's mentor is another exponent of the winged T, but he salts his assortment of plays with some from the conventional...
There is even more fuel for the fire to be found in the Boston press. Dave Egan '22 recently went on record with the reflection that only one Brave--southpaw Warren Spahn--could make the Sox first string...