Word: dempsey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Closer to home, the Times came out for Republican Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey, running for a third term, and Connecticut Republican E. Clayton Gengras, who is challenging Governor John Dempsey...
...second touchdown proved decisive when the Light Blue roared back early in the fourth period with a drive consisting of just four passes. Lion quarterback Don Hubert hit Spider Dempsey from the 23 for the score...
...Dempsey had quite an interesting afternoon. Late in the fourth quarter, as Columbia desperately tried to move for a second touchdown from its own 34, he took a pass at about the 45. Trying to cut back for the extra step he needed for daylight, Dempsey instead went further and further back until he was tackled at the line of scrimmage...
Then, after the ensuing Columbia punt, Dempsey got in a fight with half the Harvard team and was ejected from the game. He was both hero and goat, and easily the most colorful man among the Light Blue...
...confusion of World War I, Sarnoff's memo had been pigeonholed. Now he dug it out, showed it to Owen Young. Sarnoff's boss was enthusiastic, but the RCA board would agree to put up only $2,000-which Sarnoff spent to transmit a broadcast of the Dempsey-Carpentier heavyweight championship fight.- Heard by 200,000 wireless enthusiasts, the broadcast caused a sensation, and RCA began developing sets immediately. By 1926, sales had passed $83 million, and Sarnoff was a vice president in charge of its newest venture: the NBC radio network...