Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pilot Hamm headed for the clearest space he could find, brushed through a grove of trees on the way. The DC-3 burst into pieces at the crash. Somehow, the stewardess and 18 passengers escaped with their lives. But Pilot Hamm and his copilot, Harmon E. Ring, had made their last flight...
Last week, after giant firecrackers had been exploded and 40 selected bulls had been paraded through San José's main streets, the first of the corridas was held in the huge, hexagonal bull ring set up in the plaza. In the stands sat beauty queens from neighboring countries, one of whom would be chosen Miss Central America this week...
...worst scandal since the "Black" Sox threw the 1919 World Series. Alvin Paris, the tinhorn gambler who tried to fix last fortnight's pro football championship game, was still in jail. Who was behind him? The papers hinted darkly of a big-time Jersey gambling ring, which was not above fixing prize fights and college basketball games...
...sooner had John Lewis lumbered back to the showers than the C.I.O. danced into the ring. Last week it began its impatient fight for a second round of wage boosts. It was armed with a 71-page "report" for which it had paid Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc. $12,000. Nathan's simple conclusion, which neatly fitted the C.I.O. strategy, was that management could indeed pay higher wages-and without raising prices...
...went on what she herself called "the longest wake in history," then, after 13 years of comparative obscurity and bit parts, won acclaim in last year's The Glass Menagerie, for the best performance of 1945. "That just goes to show," said she, "that the postman can ring twice...