Word: w
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Smack. In Sand Lake, Mich., John W. Vos, suddenly remembering that he had not kissed his wife goodbye, turned back, collided with a car driven by his wife rushing to overtake...
...every state border, local candidates climbed aboard. Dewey gave them wholehearted endorsement, carefully calling each by his first name. In Fresno, Dewey was introduced by Congressman Bertrand W. Gearhart, whom Truman had labeled "one of the worst obstructionists in Congress." Dewey told the crowd: "So there can be no mistake about it, I want to say how proud and honored I am to be introduced by my good friend Bud Gearhart." Bud beamed, and Dewey added: "I am very proud of the 80th Congress...
...doctors have found another painkiller. In a recent issue of the British Medical Journal, Drs. W. M. Wilson and R. B. Hunter of Edinburgh described tests on a new "analgesic" called C.B. II (short for 4:4 -diphenyl -6 -morpho-linoheptan-3-one hydrochloride). It has eased pain from heart disease, sciatica, gangrene, pleurisy, other notorious pain causers. So far no serious disadvantages have shown up. Apparently the drug is not habit-forming...
...Chicago, A. W. Zelomek, president of the International Statistical Bureau, Inc., took a gloomier view. Recession, he said, is ahead. He foresaw 1949 as "a year of deflation," one which, while not as severe as the 1920-21 postwar collapse, would last longer...
...Harvard man, Julius H. Soble '27, counsel for Theodore W. Voutritsa, and Francis Juggins, representing Anthony Novicki and Jacob Lewis, said that they will base their appeal on Judge Lewis Goldberg's denial of a motion for directed verdict...