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Word: shea (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...leaguer could be: the last-place Philadelphia A's had given him an unconditional release. Now, besides being the best fielding first-baseman in baseball, McQuinn was just shy of Joe DiMaggio's .339 batting average. Harris also had a prize asset in Pitcher Frank Shea, a 24-year-old rookie, the cutup of the Yanks' locker room. As of last week, he was the league's top pitcher. His record: 11 wins, 2 defeats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: DiMag & Co. | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

Notre Dame, upset by Wisconsin after a high-scoring start, was touting a San Francisco sharpshooter named Kevin O'Shea, said to be the best West Coast prospect since Stanford's great Hank Lui-setti. U.C.L.A.'s Davage Minor was being talked about as the best Negro player in basketball history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Whiz Kids, Grown Up | 12/23/1946 | See Source »

...gains tax on resale.) The ruling was based on a Supreme Court decision handed down, effective Feb. 25, 1945, on that date. Up till then, stock option plans had been a popular way of getting around heavy taxes. Said Union Carbide & Carbon's Board Chairman Benjamin O'Shea, after catching up with the times: "The Treasury statement has given us cause to pause. We'll have to figure out a more efficient plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cause to Pause | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

Others were more eloquent. After considerable reminiscing, Virginia Shea, a high school student of South Boston, arrived at the conclusion that "they're a lot of fun." The older ladies, on the other hand, used more conservative terms like "a worthy group," or said; "I know it's a nice institution, but I don't know enough about the students to give an opinion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: With Gals Who Know Commuters Best, It's Harvard By a Dime | 4/27/1946 | See Source »

Bustin' out all over with operetta romances and sub-romances, misunderstandings, impersonations and sundry other Dutch-village doings, The Red Mill utterly eludes summarizing. Dorothy Stone is still light on her feet. In the main comedy roles, Michael O'Shea and Eddie Foy Jr. save some of the long, dusty stretches between songs. The songs themselves-Whistle It, In Old New York, Because You're You, Isle of Our Dreams, Every Day Is Ladies' Day With Me-are pleasant both as melodies and memories. The Red Mill is far from a full evening's entertainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Operetta in Manhattan, Oct. 29, 1945 | 10/29/1945 | See Source »

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