Word: springing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Surely the U.S. would be committing diplomatic suicide if it were to continue with plans for H-bomb tests in the Marshall Islands this spring, now that the Soviet Union has made a unilateral (if conditional) promise to quit...
...Threw out the first ball for the new baseball season and watched Washington upset Boston 5-2; played his first spring golf on both Burning Tree and Gettysburg Golf courses; hooked five trout while fishing at Camp David...
...Angeles' Mayor Norris Poulson promptly set about converting Walter's anchor to windward into a permanent mooring. Gathering up half his city government, Poulson trailed the Dodger president to the Dodgers' spring training camp at Vero Beach, Fla. A loud, impulsive man who manages to give the impression of enjoying himself hugely without quite understanding what is going on, Norris Poulson began to wave his arms wildly and spout promises the moment he met O'Malley. With all the sentimentality of a process server, Walter stopped the harangue by handing the mayor a paper. Somehow, Walter...
...seemed so easy and so pleasant that last week's opening day with the Dodgers lulled some San Francisco fans into thinking they had actually imported a winner. The weather was balmier than any Bay City afternoon is supposed to be in spring. Centerfielder Willie Mays, who may wind up the season as the team's only visible means of support, hit two for five. The vaunted rookies, First Baseman Orlando Cepeda, Third Baseman Jim Davenport and Outfielder Willie Kirkland, outperformed their promise. For the moment, life was wonderful...
...profits and good pictures-or possibly vice versa. When, in early 1951, they took over United Artists, one of Hollywood's oldest and biggest film-distributing companies, it was losing $100,000 a day. Last week, in the first annual report since a public stock issue last spring, President Krim reported record profits of $3,262,000 on record sales of $70 million. Furthermore, the fast-moving company's first-quarter sales are up a handsome 17% over last year, and volume this year is expected to top $80 million...