Word: russ
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...more attention to a reporter's basic tenet of checking on the reliability of sources. Many papers, notably the Hopkins-hating Hearst press, bayed off in such excitement last week that they hardly bothered even to qualify their headlines. Cried the San Francisco Examiner: ATOM GIFT TO RUSS TOLD. The Columbus, Ohio Evening Dispatch blared...
...Rather than simply winning "a Hollywood Oscar" [TIME, Sept. 19], ex-Sergeant Harold Russell, National Commander of the AMVETS, won two at the same time . . And no one ever deserved them more than did Russ, who is a constant inspiration to all who know...
...year-old New York University sophomore, Brooklyn-born Wald landed a job as radio columnist for the old New York Graphic on the strength of sample columns written with the help of a CBS office boy. A free-lance fan magazine piece about the late Crooner Russ Colombo won him a Warners' writer contract when he was 20, and his career began in earnest. As a producer, after nine years of scripting, he quickly displayed a knack for grabbing story ideas out of the headlines (Action in the North Atlantic, Destination Tokyo), and for hastily getting aboard profitable trends...
...smooth stroke with a long easy run paid off with first place in the other races, also. Fred Richardson nosed out faster-stroking Russ Bath by a half length in 3:32 in the half-mile 155-pound race. This race was closely contested by four scullers until the last 20 strokes when Richardson and Bath slowly and steadily pulled away...
...Abboud moves back to 136 today and Tom Connors, who has already wrestled at 175 and 165, may replace Rod Skinner at 155. If he does, he will face Captain Russ Randall (five wins, one defeat). Both Connors and Skinner will weigh in this morning...