Word: sulphur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...months ago, a superintendent of one of our buildings here placed a liberal supply of sulphur on ledges frequented by pigeons-so far it has kept them away...
Over whisky sours in White Sulphur Springs' lavish Greenbrier Hotel, two big men talked earnestly. From a respectful distance, other governors and correspondents watched them. "There may be the Republican presidential ticket in 1952," said a reporter. "They might just toss a coin to see who gets top place." He was talking about California's Governor Earl Warren and Pennsylvania's Governor James Duff...
Millionaire John Hay Whitney, 45, has long been known as a sportsman (polo, race horses) and financier (J. H. Whitney & Co., Freeport Sulphur Co.). He has also had a long-standing belief in freedom of opportunity for other people...
Bantam Ben Hogan had played good golf since his comeback last winter (TIME, Jan. 16), but he had yet to win a tournament. In the Greenbrier open tournament at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. this week, he made up for all that. Ben's winning score: a 21-under-par 259 for 72 holes, tying the alltime world record for play on a par-70 regulation course. Said Ben: "I'm picking up where I left...
Every chance he gets, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer tries to persuade the Administration to take the heat off business. Last week, Charlie Sawyer told nearly 700 admen at White Sulphur Springs that they could help the cooling-off process. The way to do it, said the Secretary of Commerce, was for business to win back the political power which it has lost...