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Turnstiles v. Brain. That was when Rickey took over the job of front-office man for the tail-end St. Louis Cardinals. Rickey and a new owner, the late Sam Breadon, found the club $175,000 in debt. General Manager Rickey tackled the job of putting the club on its feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Old Mahatma | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

News. In Bloemfontein, Union of South Africa, a balky lion that had refused to move into its new cage at the Bloemfontein zoo scrambled right in when an attendant gave its tail a hard bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 25, 1950 | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

Cats and People, by Frances and Richard Lockridge. Felis domestica, from tail to whiskers, from ancient Egypt to the present (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Recent & Readable, Sep. 25, 1950 | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

...Engine? Once a whale shark larger than the raft itself came alongside, but it gave no trouble, not even when Hesselberg begged for it by plaguing the visitor with a harpoon. As for mere sharks, they worried no one: it became sport to haul them aboard by the tail with the bare hand. The Kon-Tiki's food kept well, stored below the deck in asphalt-coated containers, and seafood was a glut in the galley. Flying fish, good eating, practically flung themselves at the frying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Six on a Raft | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

Cats and People, by Frances and Richard Lockridge. Felis domestica, from tail to whiskers, from ancient Egypt to the present (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Recent & Readable, Sep. 11, 1950 | 9/11/1950 | See Source »

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