Word: touche
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most famous offspring reached his greatest glory. When fat old Tom Pendergast died in 1945, after a short stretch in Leavenworth for income-tax evasion, his nephew and image, Jim Pendergast, took over the creaky remnants of the machine. But Jim just didn't have the touch...
There was no gunplay. Pasos did not make his speech; instead, he went to jail for three weeks. But neither then nor later did Tacho touch the textile mill and other businesses that made Pasos wealthy. General Pasos still hangs around Managua, in halfhearted opposition to Somoza-but Tacho is in wholehearted control...
...London, Queen Elizabeth was staying indoors for a couple of days with a touch of the grippe...
...Even the touch football artists could tell from the shouts that the Varsity was building a bonfire. And ironically enough, just as Art Valpey's team was firing up for the game, the remains of the "B" on the Stadium turf were being burned up by the maintainence crew...
Thayer Middle chalked up its fifth straight win in Yard touch football yesterday to maintain its lead in the American League. At the same time, Straus mustered enough men to win by forfeit over an exam-ridden Lionel team and thus cinch a tie for the National League crown...