Word: starting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...start, everything seemed shipshape. Evita Perón planned to stage-manage the convention as if it were a Peronista rally. Inspecting the high-domed Congreso a few days before the convention opened, imperious Evita acted as if she owned the place. She announced when she would speak, decided where she would sit. She had already proclaimed that she would furnish some of the convention props. Among them: a portrait of Argentina's Liberator José de San Martin, a crucifix, a vellum-bound copy of the Gospels, and most important, a chair of native pipiribi wood with President...
Last week, despite this record, buyers were waiting in line when the Browns once again went on the block. One of them was William DeWitt, 46, who got his start in baseball selling peanuts and soda pop, and worked up in 1936 to general manager of the club. Along with his big brother Charlie, 48, traveling secretary of the Browns for the past twelve years, Bill DeWitt scraped up some money and plunged in where other treading angels had gotten a hotfoot. The DeWitt brothers bought control (58%) of the Browns for about...
...year ago, the uneasiness on the grain market quickly spread to the stock market. The Dow-Jones industrial average fell 3.52 points for the week to 175.60, wiping out all the gains since mid-December (at the start of this week it dropped again). The New York Cotton Exchange quivered sympathetically; prices tumbled 95? to $1.30 a bale...
...Curtiss-Wright Corp., once the biggest U.S. aircraft company, a new war began when peace came. It seemed to be a losing battle from the start. With 16 of its 19 plants shut down, Curtiss-Wright began losing out on orders from the Air Force. It also got little business from civilian customers. It still had $100 million in cash, but President Guy W. Vaughan was saving it for a rainy...
...easy, Injuries and graduation have forced the genial mentor to revamp his lineup until only three men are wrestling in their regular slots. Buddy King, who competed at 145 in the MIT and Wesleyan bouts, returns after sitting out the Columbia match; Claflin makes his second start at 175 and his home debut; and Howie Houston, a potential national champ, holds down the heavyweight chores...