Word: reliefers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sighs of relief in Honolulu at the news of the settlement were tempered by the bitter "What next?" of people who knew that Party Liner Bridges, with his union firmly implanted in the islands' rich pineapple and sugar industries, as well as across its shipping link to the U.S., could make life miserable again whenever he chose...
...stern as well as loving. His face looks down from posters, exhorting the people to put a stop to bribery: "Cast aside these vile practices. The giver is just as guilty as the receiver." Once he berated some refugees who gathered on his lawn in an unruly plea for relief; then he let them encamp under his window. Next morning, after a sleepless night, Nehru contritely promised to explore their grievances. In 1947, after appealing to Delhi's citizens to open their doors to homeless Hindus from Pakistan, he put up more than a dozen families in his official...
...Yankee Stadium. On his first time in at the plate, Joe DiMaggio struck out. Then Pitcher Allie Reynolds walked three Red Sox in a row and Relief Pitcher Joe Page walked two more. By the time the hitting-and-walking uprising was put down, the Red Sox were four runs ahead. His third time up, Joe DiMaggio doubled; Slowly, the Yankees began to nibble away at the Red Sox lead. Left-hander Page, getting a grip on himself, said: "Whenever I got a little tired, I looked at that guy [DiMaggio] and said to myself, 'If he can play...
Manager Casey Stengel of the Yanks has three trustworthy starters and the best relief pitcher in baseball: Raschi, Reynolds, and Lopat, and Page...
Jack Banta (10-6) and Carl Erskine (8-1) are the leading relief men. Banta won the pennant in relief in Philadelphia Sunday...