Word: wee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seven games ahead, it was at least arguable that Jackie Robinson had furnished the margin of victory. The Dodgers are certainly not a one-man ball club. They have a bull-necked powerhouse of a catcher named Bruce Edwards, 24, whose special talents are steadiness and hustle. In Pee Wee Reese and Eddie Stanky, both short of height but long on skill, they have the best keystone combination in the league. The Dodgers also have a special affection for 34-year-old relief pitcher Hugh Casey, who has come onto the hill to save game after game, and is held...
...bound to sabbat revels. Inverchapel ordered the wall repaired. Then he solemnly exorcised the witch. Among the paraphernalia of exorcism: a fire on the house terrace, burning brandy, and champagne (taken internally by those in attendance). The housekeeper was satisfied. After all, she said, it was probably only a "wee witch...
...Arthur Godfrey (Manhattan's WCBS and Washington's WTOP) makes $150,000. Ray Perkins (Denver's KFEL), top jockey in the Rocky Mountain region, isn't bragging about what he makes, but he likes Colorado. Jockey Jack Eigen has the newest gimmick: a wee-hours disc show in the lounge of Manhattan's glossy Copacabana nightclub. The chance to chatter at a microphone brings the nightspot dozens of extra celebrities, and $4,000 a week in extra bar chits...
Ultimately the judges wee forced to choose one afternoon and one evening dress. "The neatest neck-line in years" won the former contest, while a costume entitled "Just right for a woodland nymph" copped the latter. The pajamas "to slip into after a swim," lost out primarily because nobody could figure out when they should be worn--although Vaughn had a knowing look...
...cattle boat, lay on the beach for a year, playing in tinny Latin bands from Havana to Panama. In the swing boom of the mid-'30s, he had a brief burst of glory with a band that included such jazz names as George Wettling, Eddie Condon, Pee Wee Russell, Georg Brunis and Mel Powell...