Word: fields
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Mexican press took a fine, impartial stand, applauding the government's expulsion order, but deploring the loss of a good shortstop. La Prensa's sport editor philosophically pointed out that, after all, everyone knows that Mexican umpires walk out on the field with "Jesús en la boca" (i.e., with a prayer on their lips...
...London, on his 67th birthday, Field Marshal Earl Wavell, who fought hard and well in North Africa against Field Marshal Erwin ("Desert Fox") Rommel, underwent a serious abdominal operation...
Rolling Stone. At 48, Jerry Babb has tried his hand at many things. After finishing Haverford (Pa.) College and spending two years at Harvard's Business School, he worked in General Electric's merchandising division, was a salesman for a printing company, an industrial field researcher for the New England Council, a sales research and promotion expert for Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. After six years with Standard, he became a professional management adviser, and joined Chicago's Booth Fisheries where he was general manager when he left to go to work as executive vice president...
Babb has no delusions about the toughness of his new job. He knows that Lever Bros., caught napping in the booming field of detergents, had also been demoralized by Luckman's ruthless head-chopping, and had slipped competitively far behind Procter & Gamble (TIME, May 8). Said Babb bravely: "Some people hate being in a tight spot. They like things to go well and to be confronted with no difficulties. I like things hard." Nobody doubted that he would find them that way at Lever Bros...
Dartmouth's pitcher Pete MacKinnon scattered five hits and struck out 13 in leading his club to a 5 to 2 victory over the freshman baseball team Saturday at Soldiers Field. It was the Yardlings' third loss in nine starts. The Crimson got off to a two-run lead in the second inning when third baseman George Chase homered with a man on, but relinquished it as Dartmouth scored three times in the third. HARVARD (3) ab r h po a e Canepa, 2b 4 0 0 1 5 1 Smith, cf 4 0 1 3 1 0 Collins...