Word: runners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...exceptionally able administrator who has long worked as Cardinal Spellman's right hand, the new archbishop began his career at 13 as a runner on the New York Curb Exchange. Though he wanted to become a priest, he stayed in Wall Street to support his ailing father, in 16 years had worked his way up to be office manager of a brokerage house. After his father died, he began studying for the priesthood...
Eleanor Roosevelt was the "favorite American" of Woman's Home Companion readers, announced the magazine after taking a poll. Runner-up: Dwight D. Eisenhower...
...yards further, he roared into a sharp right turn, had no trouble until his skeleton sled went too high into Shuttlecock. With a desperate jerk, he brought it down. Said he afterwards: "I still had two fingers of space between the edge of the bank and the runner of my skeleton-that's just enough." An inch more and he would have crashed. Six times he made the descent of Cresta Run's spine-tingling ice path, to win an upset victory and Italy's one Olympic gold medal.* Average time: 5:23.2 (average speed: 42 m.p.h...
Since Tom Dewey is still the front runner in the race for the GOPresidential nomination, his budget was scrutinized by politicos of all parties. In demanding a bigger budget and no tax cut, he had taken a stand opposite to that of Republicans in Congress, who want both a budget and tax cut. With a startling lack of political savvy, New York Democrats pounced on the Dewey budget, calling him a "champion fiscal juggler." Said the New York Times, which never rushes to overpraise Dewey: "A businesslike budget...
...finished her school figures out in front-but two of the seven judges had not picked her for first place. Two days later, in the free skating, Barbara Ann easily distanced the competition, boosted her point total to the highest score (181.66) ever awarded in a Prague rink. Runner-up: Austria's Eva Pawlik...