Word: quarter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, a quarter of a century later, Frankie's star had come to rest in the Federal Courthouse in Manhattan's downtown Foley Square. He was on trial for conspiring to teach and advocate the overthrow of the U.S. Government. On the indictment, Frankie was listed under the pseudonym by which he was more widely known: Eugene Dennis. He was general secretary of the Communist Party, U.S.A...
...temperate New Zealand there was no permafrost but in South Island's Pyramid Valley paleontologists have found a good substitute. From about 18,000 B.C. until 2,-000 years ago, the valley contained a swamp whose lush vegetation attracted moas-great, flightless birds which weighed up to a quarter...
Last week, with the help of fat military contracts, Glenn L. Martin Co. got out of the red for the first time in two years (1948 loss: $16.7 million). President Martin told stockholders at the annual meeting that first-quarter profits were $402,643, contrasted with a net loss of $480,000 in the same quarter last year...
...infield quarter to Tim Wise, Win Carduff, Hank Young, and Bill Hickey (reading from first to third) has amply satisfied Coach Samborski's desire for four men who can hit, field, and throw, and he will stick with this group until proven wrong...
Crimson chances were dealt a series of low blows this week as three-quarter backs A1 Green and A1 Key were sidelined with pulled log muscles. Both are doubtful starters against the Tigers...