Word: wilbert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Orioles' American League franchise was switched to the New York Highlanders, now the Yankees. Among members of the old Orioles: John J. McGraw, Wee Willie Keeler, Wilbert Robinson, Hughey Jennings...
...Yankees), Baltimore fans have yearned for a return to the big leagues. The older fans could still recall the heyday of the old big-league Orioles, who won three straight pennants-1894-96-and boasted such baseball immortals as Third Baseman John ("Muggsy") McGraw, Shortstop Hughie Jennings, Catcher Wilbert Robinson and Outfielder Wee Willie ("Hit 'em where they ain't") Keeler. Baltimore's return to the big leagues, it appeared, would have to wait a while...
...team, led by Wilbert K. Carter, teaching fellow in Anthropology, was sent by the Peabody Museum and sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. The group spent two months at Point Barrow the northernmost tip of Alaska on the Arctic Ocean; excavations can be made only during the summer months in this region, since the ground is too hard for careful digging at any other time...
Some members of the faculty will travel to Point Barrow, Alaska, on an expedition sponsored by the Anthropology Department. Bulldozers at the Point Barrow army base have unearthed an ancient Eskimo burial ground. Wilbert K. Carter, teaching fellow in Anthropology, will lead the expedition to take up where the army left...
...first case under the new act came up last week in London's musty Strand Law Courts. British War Bride Violet Benner sued for a divorce from ex-G.I. Wilbert Roy Benner of Austin, Texas. The judge, noting that Mrs. Benner was getting free legal aid, said to her counsel: "You are making history." Reminding the judge that his client had gotten a cut rate under the act, Wilbert Benner's counsel added: "I think we both...