Word: talents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nazis liked his talent for obscurity. They put him in charge of their "special fund," and he moved quietly about, buying up opposition leaders and organizing traitor units in other political parties...
...York Giants badly needed a catcher to replace old Ernie ("Schnozz") Lombardi. Like every other player-hungry boss, the Giants' Horace Stoneham knew where to go: St. Louis, where the Cardinals sat firmly on a large assortment of surplus talent, home from the war, with more coming. Last week Stoneham peeled off $175,000, the fourth largest sum ever paid for a single player, for Catcher Walker Cooper...
...brown hair and bright blue eyes. Among planemaking tycoons, predominantly an inbred and individualistic group of onetime designers and pilots, Bob Gross is a sport. He is not a pilot. He knows little about aerodynamics. As a production man and administrator he is just soso. Yet he has one talent which more than balances these apparent deficiencies...
Changing snow conditions, taking another turn for the worse, have once more prevented the ski team from testing its talent by forcing the cancellation of the Big Bromley (Vermont) Meet scheduled for this weekend...
Landing successfully on Broadway with its first try, Theatre Inc. has long-range plans for staying there. These include a nonprofit repertory theater that will stage both new plays and revivals, an experimental theater that will serve as a "showcase" for new talent, and a children's theater. The repertory theater will have its own acting company, but will hire special guest stars for each production. Managing Director of Theatre Inc. is Actress Lawrence's husband, Producer Richard Aldrich (Margin for Error, My Dear Children...