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Word: wayes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ablest reporters in the capital. But his name was well down on the totem pole of the New York Post Home News (circ. 380,000); he was one of two "associates" to Washington Bureau Chief Charles Van Devander. Last week, at 33, Jimmy Wechsler slid all the way up the pole to the editorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: New Postman | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

...finals, Willie Turnesa was tougher. The wind blew and thunder cracked overhead as he and Sam fought their way round 36 holes. As late as the 32nd hole Willie was i up. But Sam McCready dug into the old sod and finished with a birdie on the 35th to win the title, 2 and i. Said a Portmarnock Club official: "The kindly Irish weather came to our help." Said Sam, grasping the 2-ft. trophy: "Baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Defense of Portmarnock | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

Soccer is a vital part of the British way of life. Each Thursday in season, ten million Britons get a coupon listing the week's games. With sport pages of the papers spread before him and the family kibitzing, the fan makes his selections and his bet (from one penny up) in the weekly "pool." Led by the big three-Little-wood's, Vernon's and Copes's-the pools take in a staggering $250 million a year and rank as Britain's seventh industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Unsold in U.S.A. | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

...After that, the season got color in its cheeks, feathers in its cap. At award time, there were no surprise winners: Death of a Salesman had been as excitedly received as any new drama in years, South Pacific saluted with adjectives that rarely come a musical's way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Annual Report | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

...good money" she makes every week at Cafe Society, plus her pay from the play, will go a long way toward meeting both ends-even if it isn't exactly easy money. Says Juanita of nightclub work: "The first week was awful, but I just realized that a drunk is a drunk wherever he is, and I didn't care if they stood on my eyelashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: After 21 Years | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

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