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Word: wayes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Andover was ahead from the beginning, scoring first and keeping a firm hand on the game all the way. Halfback Dillingham and fullback Blitz scored the Harvard touchdowns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Andover Downs Freshmen 26-13, In Football Opener | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

Murray is suffering from a five-way squeeze play. He is under pressure from industry and from much of the public to compromise before a stoppage that may cripple the economy; but this is the least of his worries. He has to go before the national convention of the CIO in less than a month with a record that will re-elect him to its presidency--in the face of both the raucous agitating of such Communist-led unions as the United Electrical Workers and the growing political strength of Walter Renther, who gave himself a big boost by coaxing...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...accusations that he has given up on the fourth round and is going along with big business. Now, Murray was undoubtedly right from a long-range point of view when he dropped the wage demands and stuck merely to pensions; but his locals won't see it the same way as the public. To them, it could be made to look like betrayal--if the United Electrical Workers' propagandists make enough noise. And in the background is Reuther, the bright boy from Detroit, who would certainly like the presidency of the whole CIO. Reuther is very available indeed...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...circles he will have to hold out for a plan entirely financed by industry. Should he do otherwise, Lewis and Reuther will be on his neck. If he does follow this course, industry and the public will go after him. It looks like a rough month for him either way--but the squeeze from his own people must be more compelling than the pinch from industry...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...correct about the pension question. He may or may not be right; but he won't have a chance to reach his decision on those grounds. It is unfortunate for the entire labor movement that this man, who has played this one hard but fairly and wisely all the way, should be boxed in by his own people...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

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