Word: tallness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eleven minutes later, a tall, stooped, grey man in a blue suit and maroon tie walked up the driveway, his face grave and drawn. It was Philip Murray, boss of the C.I.O. and head of its lusty United Steelworkers...
...division's proud, rugged commander, tall, slender, 38-year-old Major General James ("Slim Jim") Gavin, marched out into the avenue. The 82nd's bayonet-tipped phalanxes moved out behind him, and the cold wind sent a contagious roar of applause rolling for miles through the great city...
...Wyoming Cowboys began a big-city invasion. Because most players have never been out of Wyoming, he lets them see the shows and the sights. Says he: "We let them have fun and thus keep them relaxed." They relaxed at Gary, the first stop, and shot Valparaiso's tall boys full of holes; they mauled St. Joseph's at Philadelphia. It was the same lopsided story against highly-touted Long Island U. at Madison Square Garden, against Washington U. at St. Louis...
...most of the credit belongs to genial ex-footballer Shelton, who knows the trick of getting both fun and science into the game. He shuns blackboard drills, sets no hard & fast training rules. Unlike some coaches, Shelton doesn't go overboard for elongated lads just because they are tall. Says he, "We try to get players who will fit our plan of offense rather than attempt to build plays around them." He never works the team more than two hours a day. His practices start at 3 p.m. with shooting and play instruction for one hour. The last hour...
...Tall, spare Dr. Joseph B. Gilbert, 47, who practices in Georgia's Franklin and Hart counties, got his start in 1937. He was asked to see a 60-year-old victim of pneumonia whose white doctor was ill. Frightened but confident, Dr. Gilbert pulled his patient through. He has since treated whites continually, delivered eight white babies...