Word: solider
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...merchant shipping. Alice, having stayed too long in Wonderland, might not know that the party that had no issue in last year's election might easily create one for 1950 and 1952 by talking, talking, talking about the "welfare state" as if the words really have a grim, solid meaning...
...pretty "ChiChi" Daly writes a daily column ("On the Solid Side") about teen-age manners & morals for the Chicago Tribune and 34 other newspapers, also turns out two Sunday newspaper columns and a monthly feature for the Ladies' Home Journal. Between times she lectures, and turns up as guest star on radio and TV. Last week Chi-Chi tossed off another chore; she autographed copies of her latest (and fourth) book of etiquette for teenagers, Blondes Prefer Gentlemen (Dodd, Mead; $2.50), and signed a contract for her column with the New York Daily News. She grosses...
...Yanks got their runs early, scoring in five of the first six innings with a display of powerful hitting that was reminiscent of the pre-war Bombers. They collected 11 hits, including Joe DiMaggio's solid home run, Bobby Brown's triple, and three doubles off six Flock pitchers. Rex Barney started and lost for the Dodgers...
This time the lone run came early. Jackie Robinson opened the second inning with a solid double, raced to third on a pop foul and scored on Gil Hodge's base hit to left field...
...then did Uncle Branch sell Jethroe, an acknowledged swiftie, a solid line drive hitter, and the possessor of an excellent throwing arm? For one thing, there was the price. A cryptic paragraph in the New York Times stated that the Addis-Jethroe deal provided enough revenue for Ricky to be able to write off the losses of last fall's unfortunate venture into the All-America football conference. The loss on the football Dodgers in 1948 has been conservatively estimated at $300,000. And Rickey got six minor leaguers to boot (whose names will be given on October...