Word: saws
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...game. Said Driscoll: "Some people characterize bingo as a harmless pastime. I say it is gambling, and has been known to be run at times by gangsters and racketeers." His Democratic opponent, Elmer H. Wene, who is backed by Frank Hague, the dethroned boss of Jersey City, said he saw nothing wrong with bingo...
...credited with having driven three Presidents from office, two Conservatives and one Liberal. A reactionary Roman Catholic, he scourged the Vatican for signing a concordat with a Liberal government in 1942. In World War II he damned the U.S. as "pagan," plumped for the Axis until he saw that it was losing...
Last week, in the loft, the Cohens auctioned off all their winnings except a Nash automobile, a $900 television set, a few pieces of jewelry and a $1,000 merchandise slip from Saks Fifth Avenue. They saw a $1,700 diamond wristwatch go for $550, a $1,000 tile bathroom for $430, a $900 home workshop for $410. When the auctioneer's gavel fell for the last time, the Cohens had taken in about $4,000 in cash from their $28,000 windfall. After lawyer bills, warehouse rentals, auctioneer's commission, taxes and Mrs. Cohen's five...
...true that graduation saw the loss of the Crimson's powerhouse hammer and weight team consisting of Bob Forsyth, John Thorndike, Larry Ward and Howie Reed (who leaves in February). It's also true that Jaakko lost a fine runner in '49 captain Dave Humblett, and a topflight high jumper in Harrigan...
...Each man saw about ten minutes' work during the series of scrimmages which were devoted to timing men at the positions. Hal Moffie, for instance, turned to contact duty for the first the since his first period Stanford in the three weeks ago. Sam Butler, who in sat out the last two games, Jerry winter a Cornell casualty, Art Connelly, and Don Kaplan, bumped up against Henry were working again, although hitler did not scrimmage. Like Moffie, he must perfect his timing in order to be ready for Dartmouth...