Word: scouts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...press agents have their way, this will be a memorable week for Cheshire cats, Ipana users, and greeting card manufacturers. The idea is extremely simple; it's called "National Smile Week," and the dreamers at the agency want everyone to go around smiling. "Be a Joy Scout!" they smirk. National Smile Week is backed by a Chicago greeting card company which is selling "smile cards" as its contribution to the spreading of cheer...
There were loud cries on all sides. The New York Yankees, who thought they needed Pettit as much as anybody else did, bellowed that the Stephani operation was highly irregular, even though they had submitted a bid themselves. Commissioner "Happy" Chandler, who had a scout of his own in California to gather facts for him, promised to look into the matter. But at first blush it looked as though the Pirates had a clear title-provided they hadn't dickered directly with Pitcher Pettit before graduation...
...letter G. Under his direction, 270 other scholars, who had landed on WPA projects during the depression, began doing the same for A to Z. They churned through such works as the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Uncle Wiggily books, Malory's Morte d'Arthur and the Girl Scout Handbook. Last week, 15 years and 5,000,000 words later, the job was done...
...thanked Tiger Scout "Wish" Egan, who discovered him playing for the University of Michigan: "The courage he has shown in fighting for me during my pitiful exhibitions will live with me as a shining example of friendship." He thanked the Detroit fans for their support, though he admitted that "my mistakes caused many of [you] to desert me." It was a nice, humble, broad-minded piece, but hardly evidence that Dick Wakefield had changed. The question seemed to be whether cagey Yankee Manager Casey Stengel could knock the humility...