Word: sam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...offshore oil lands within their historic limits. As the bill became law, one of Ike's cardinal campaign promises became fact. He swung around from his desk with a broad grin for the assembled group of Congressmen and Senators-mostly Southern and mostly Democrats-and asked where "Mr. Sam" was. Texas' Sam Rayburn stepped forward, shook hands warmly, and whispered something in the presidential ear which left Ike roaring...
...problem boils down to this--when Sam Anybody says he went to Schenectady Normal, well, that's where he went, that's all. When Sam Somebody says he went to Harvard, that makes him a supercilious oaf who goes around telling everybody that he's Harvard...
...driving rain, which they called Baptist weather (because it immersed instead of sprinkling them), the Southern Baptists gathered last week in Houston. It was the biggest convention ever for the big (7,373,498 members) U.S. denomination; 30,000 "messengers" (voting delegates) and nonvoting visitors packed into the Sam Houston Coliseum for seven days of fast-moving business and budgeting...
Derrick Wilde '53 whipped his way to a one-length victory over strong but rough John Carnes 3L yesterday in the University Senior Singles championships. Wilde led all the way. Sam Hoar 3L war third and Hugh Hermann 3M fourth over the mile-long Basin course...
Bradford beat Art French, 6-4, 6-4, in the fourth spot. At five singles, Bobby Payne clipped Don Bossart, 6-2, 6-1. At six, Dave Watts bowed to Sam Handol...