Word: sam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hotels, Democrats tried hard to whip themselves into a festive spirit. There was terrapin soup, breast of capon, and plenty of champagne. (The Statler served a dessert called "bombe atomic.") At the Statler, preliminary speakers included Sam Rayburn, Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas in a fetching white dress, and Alben Barkley. At the Mayflower, there were Fannie Perkins in a beaded dress, The Bronx Boss Ed Flynn -who almost forgot to stand up during the playing of the Sidewalks of New York -and Jim Farley, who got the biggest hand of all when he said he was glad to be there...
Shopworn. At Fort Sam Houston, Tex., the Army advertised for sale ten surplus human skeletons, "male, adult (parts value only...
Pole-vaulter Bud Lockett and weight stylist Sam Felton rolled the big seven, although for the second time in a week, large Sam had to play second fiddle in his specialty, the 35-pound weight throw. Nine days ago, Bob Bennett beat him out for the National AAU title...
Saturday it was a hulking football player named George Marsanskis, from the University of Maine, who edged Felton by wheeling the iron ball 56 feet, 11 inches on his sixth and final throw--2 1/2 feet better than he had ever done before. Sam, consistent as always, was leading up to this point, with a left of 55 feet, 10 inches plus several 54-footers...
Unless large Sam Felton breaks a leg between now and 12:30 o'clock, Harvard should grab an early lead in the 27th annual indoor IC4A track and field championships at New York today...