Word: downtown
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meanwhile, the odds on a Dilworth victory, prohibitive at the outset, plummeted daily. The Republicans still appeared likely to pull through on the strength of their customarily overpowering majorities in 20 downtown and river wards-the "controlled" wards. But Dick Dilworth was giving them a scare. Said one unhappy ward heeler: "It's getting so they're afraid to take a bet at City Hall...
Manhattan's Café Society Downtown isn't the first place Nellie has crowded with admirers. People have been listening to her ever since she was eight, when she played the organ in the Baptist Church in her home town of Lake Charles...
...unperturbed Harvard men went calmly about their business last night, a banner-waving, authentic Green Terror checked in at a downtown Boston hotel...
Stones Hurled. Bogotá students made the controversy an occasion for a mass meeting. There were cries of "Down with Yankee Imperialism," "Down with Truman." Then Communists and other U.S.-baiters led the crowd downtown to the U.S. Embassy. A U.S. truck parked outside was overturned, the Embassy was stoned. The mob moved on to Grace Line offices, smashed windows and furniture until police took over...
Helicopter Cab. The Yellow Cab Co. of Cleveland got the first franchise for a regular scheduled helicopter taxi service. (Several charter taxi services are already operating.) Yellow Cab's projected helicopter runs will be between Cleveland Municipal Airport, downtown Cleveland and two suburban areas...