Word: start
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Navy this week proudly released an artist's drawing of its new supercarrier. Unnamed as yet, the CVA-58 will cost an estimated $124 million. Though the money is still to be appropriated, the Navy has scraped together enough to start laying its keel by early 1949. From its decks, the Navy claimed, planes carrying the atomic bomb will be able to reach and bomb 92% of all possible targets anywhere in the world...
Like Cleveland, the Braves are in the World Series largely because of their pitching. To match the Indians' fine staff (Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, Bearden, Paige), the Braves had two workhorse throwers, who between them may start in five games. One was big, slow-talking Johnny Sain from Arkansas (with 1948's best record of 24 wins, 15 losses). The other is Left-hander Warren Spahn (15-12), whose fast ball shimmies & shakes. Favored to win: Cleveland...
...toughest test of Citation's career-the twomile, $100,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup -Arcaro was prepared to try out the magic words once more. This time he didn't even have to speak. He took the big mahogany-colored horse to the front at the start. Citation won by eight easy lengths, in the longest distance he has ever...
...nation had had a vision-"unity and common understanding there had been ... but the mockers came. And the deniers were heard. And vision and hope faded . . . yet there always arose enough of reserves of strength, balances of sanity, portions of wisdom, to carry the nation through to a fresh start...
...that part of the trouble is in the feeling that the attempt should be made. Lincoln did not start out to write a statement of democratic faith in the Gettysburg Address, but to dedicate a graveyard. The American epic, if it is ever written, may have as unpretentious an origin...