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...Truman's Secretary of Commerce drove down from Palm Beach, Fla. last week to Miami. Carefully combed, immaculate in a brown tropical suit and two-tone shoes, and so characteristically erect that he seemed to be leaning slightly backwards, white-haired Charles Sawyer walked into the Flamingo Hotel to dine with 42 officials of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and their wives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Good-Times Charlie | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

Also highly creditable were the performances of Al Sawyer and Bob Claffin. Sawyer came from behind to take a decision; Claffin was faster and more surrey himself at his lower weight. Charlic Keith came up against an excellent wrestler in Mark Rowe...

Author: By Peter D. Taud, | Title: Wrestler Overwhelm Brown, 17-11 | 1/12/1950 | See Source »

...pound class--Kozol (II) pinned Smart (B) with a half nelson and body press at 6:40; 128--Abboud (H) decisioned Hendricks (B), 12-1; 136--Smith (H) decisioned G. Michaels (B), 9-4; 145--Sawyer (H) decisioned Donaldson (B), 12-6; 155--D Michaels (B) decisioned King (H), 6-0; 165--Rowe (B) decisioned Kelth (H), 6-0; 17-- Claflin (H) decisioned Marshall (B), 7-2; unlimited--Chernak (B) pinned Johansen (H) with a crotch hold and body press...

Author: By Peter D. Taud, | Title: Wrestler Overwhelm Brown, 17-11 | 1/12/1950 | See Source »

Coach Butch Jordan will present a more powerful lineup than the one that overwhelmed MIT. Four men (Charlie Keith, Dave Smith, Al Sawyer, Bob Claflin) have sweated down to a lower weight division, where they should be more effective, and two new faces will appear in Jordan's lineup...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Strong Bruin and Crimson Mat Teams Meet Tonight | 1/11/1950 | See Source »

...Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler, but that was probably more a tribute to Panel Member Herbert Hoover than to Walton's book. Once, when Invitation was rated by Hooper, Racine's Phedre, for some unexplained reason, scored highest. Lowest was Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The 69th Most Popular | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

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