Word: stan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pakistan, a dream of Moslem students before it became a political issue, was originally concocted from P for Punjab, A for the Afghans of the North-West Frontier, K for Kashmir, S for Sind, "pure" in Tan from Urdu, with "stan" Baluchistan. means "Pak" also "Land of the means Pure." Last week the League convention defined it to embrace Punjab, Sind, Baluchistan, North-West Frontier Province (all in northwestern In dia), Assam and most of Bengal (in the north east). Jinnah has even advocated a thousand-mile corridor across Hindustan to connect the two parts...
...hottest horse trainer in the U.S. is sawed-off, 30-year-old Stan Lipiec (rhymes with see-pic). He goes in for strictly ordinary nags that run in strictly ordinary races-and run so well that last year they won him a whopping...
Pick When Ripe. For 5 ft. 3 Stan Lipiec (he buys his clothes in the boys' department) life began at 14, when he skipped school and took to the turf. As a fourth-rate jockey in Cuba (he still gallops his nags mornings), he learned what makes a horse tick. Over & above his practical schooling, he developed a strategic sixth sense for razor-sharp hay-burners. His secret lies in knowing when to nab horses that other trainers have brought to peak performance...
...plum of reclaimed servicemen was probably cotton-topped Stan Kozlowski, a seemingly sure All-America. Kozlowski reported to Holy Cross, cockily asked for and got No. 77, Red Grange's old number...
...easy byplay between Kelly's rock-solid acting, which carries the show and is as sure as anything in pictures, and Sinatra's gently amateurish pseudo-goofiness, with its engaging echoes of Stan Laurel...