Word: slim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Columbine is the Star's pseudonym for slim Tim Taylor, 28, a reporter turned freelancer. Taylor scans some 35 Manhattan columns a day in his Stamford, Conn, home and shows up at the Star only to write his column. He spends two-thirds of his time cross-indexing columnists' items to find out such things as 1) how many errors are made, 2) whom the columnists talk about most, and 3) how they correct their mistakes without openly admitting that they were wrong. Wrote Taylor: Columnist "Sullivan got himself in hot water when he identified Joyce Matthews...
...names were there, straining to put a final touch of polish on their games. Ed Furgol, who manages to break par despite a withered left arm, had been drilling over the course for a month. Jimmy ("Smiles") Demaret, the best wind-shot in the business, and slim Lloyd ("Mustache") Mangrum haunted the practice rounds along with some 120 others. Besides high-compression temperament and a steely command of the emotions, it had taken hard work to get to the top of the tournament business and it was taking hard work to keep them there. With most of them golf...
...Nemours & Co. announced that it would split its 11,158,207 shares of common stock 4 for 1 if stockholders approved. Though Du Pont kept mum on its reason for the split-up, brokers guessed it was to broaden the market for its stock, which has fluctuated widely on slim sales (day of the announcement Du Pont stock jumped 8⅛ to 179¾). It would also give Du Pont more common shares than any other U.S. corporation...
Dartmouth's slim, baby-faced basketball captain, Ed Leede, tossed in baskets faster than a five-and-ten-cent store salesman ringing up a cash register last night at the Garden to guide his undefeated team to a 72-68 overtime win over the varsity. The Big Green led at halftime...
Brown jumped away to a quick load before the slim crowd of 1200 at the Providence Arena when first line pivot Casey whacked in a shot on the end of a three-man pass play at 26 seconds of the opening period...