Word: wente
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...preparation for the Rivera story, TIME'S Art editor, Alexander Eliot, and Researcher Ruth Brine went to Mexico City to spend ten days with him. Their introduction to Mexican ways was abrupt and, in Eliot's case, painful. They had arranged to pick Rivera up at his home for dinner and, while waiting for him outside in the car, Eliot doubled up with a sharp, agonizing attack of what could only be dysentery. When Rivera came out to meet them, he regarded Eliot for a moment and said, simply: "There is a cure for this...
After bowing to two southern teams last season, the Crimson went on to beat everyone else except Cornell and Princeton. This year the team is much greener, but Barnaby wouldn't be a bit surprised if his players were able to do the same thing again...
Though beneficial to Gardella and his fellow expatriates (ex-Cardinals Lanier and Martin), a change in the contract terms would turn salary negotiations into a dogfight between players and owners which could hurt the sport immeasurably. If players went to the highest bidders, the rich owners like Tom Yawkey would soon corral all the talent. In post-war major league baseball, there is comparatively little injustice in salaries; everywhere except in St. Louis and Brooklyn, public acclaim keeps the paychecks high. The clause looks like slavery; in the minor leagues, it often is. But the experience of the past thirty...
...drew up the list were John E. Carlson, Jr. '48 and Harold S. Spear '48, chairman and member respectively of the House Committee which went out of office Monday. The suggestions did not constitute an official move by the Committee. Carlson and Spear were discussing the food situation with Perkins two or three days ago and Perkins suggested they set their points down in a letter...
Referring to the Atlantic Pact, Churchill went on to say that "no one could have brought about these immense changes in the policy of the United States, Great Britain, and Europe but for the astounding policy of the Russian Soviet Government...