Word: veterans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Liberals had no idea it would be so easy. They were running under an untried leader, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, who took over when the veteran Mackenzie King retired last year. The opposition Tory party had received vigorous new leadership from George Drew. Drew's strength in Ontario, where he had been three-time premier, and his alliance with Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis threatened the Liberals' hold on the two biggest provinces...
Died. Joe Crosson, 45, veteran bush pilot, "Troubleshooter of the Arctic"; of a heart attack; in Seattle. Flying by the seat of his pants over the uncharted Northland, Crosson became famed for his mercy trips (in a 1931 diphtheria epidemic he took antitoxin to Point Barrow, repeated the feat five years later during a scarlet fever epidemic in Fairbanks...
...retired British naval officer's remarkably lucid account of the pursuit, cornering and sinking of the pride of Hitler's navy. An author of less background might have pulled out all the stops and wallowed happily but confusingly in the story's drama. Author Grenfell,* veteran of 30 years' service, including the Jutland and Dardanelles actions in World War I, sticks sternly to facts and understatement...
...rest of the Crimson starting nine will find Captain Walt Coulson at first base, Mort Dunn at shortstop, and three year veteran Ernie Mannine at third base...
...because of rising expenses, "when the last veteran leaves, Harvard will be able to offer less scholarship aid, in real terms, than before...