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Word: ward (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...independent, a reformer, nor a Republican upstart. He was John V. Kenny, onetime Hague lieutenant, whose own father, Eddie, had taught Frank Hague the ropes and got him his first political job as a constable more than 40 years ago. Young John Kenny became boss of the Second Ward. Then, a year ago, Hague had tossed him out because John was getting "too popular." Said Kenny frankly: "If Hague had not thrown me out, I probably would still be a member of the machine. I have to admit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW JERSEY: Hague's End | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

Almost any topnotch businessman could have qualified for the big title and the $65,000-a-year salary just by getting along with The Boss. But among candidates for the presidency of Chicago's Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. that one qualification was rare indeed. After cross-grained old Sewell Avery goaded Wilbur Norton into throwing up the job last spring, no one rushed to apply for it. Outsiders shunned the opening with a firm: "Not me! Not there!" Most of the No. 2 men in the company quit faster than they could be replaced, until all eight vice-presidencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flowers from Avery | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

Hope of gaining the anything near 60 points rests to a great extent on the Crimson weight men and javelin throwers. John Thorndyke, Howie Reed, and Larry Ward would have to sweep the hammer; Jeff Tootell and Don Trimble in the shot, and Tootell in the discus would have to wrest at least six points from Yale aces Jim Fuchs and Vic Frank; and Charlie Kelth and John Holbrook would have to win six or eight points in the javelin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Track Team Hopes For 60 Points Against Yale | 5/20/1949 | See Source »

Julius Adler, John G. Morey, and Lester L. Ward, all of '52, debated the affirmative here on the topic: "Resolved, That a world government should be established now." Arguing the negative of the same subject at Princeton were David Auerbach, Leo Bersani, and Allen Lichtenberg, all members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Debaters Win at Princeton, Lose Here | 5/19/1949 | See Source »

...group, composed of Julius Adler, John G. Morey, and Lester L. Ward, all of '52, will oppose Yale tonight in the Union Upper Common Room at 8 p.m. David L. Auerbach, Leo Bersani, and Allen Lichtenberg will travel to Princeton. In the third match Yale and Princeton exchange teams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Teams Will Debate Yale, Princeton Today | 5/18/1949 | See Source »

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