Word: possessor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Will Davis, formerly the possessor of the regular left tackle position, was secretly switched to running guard Wednesday in the eventuality that Houston could not play. He will start at that slot today. Doug Bradlee, will start at left tackle. To replace the injured Coan, bib Duke Sedgwick was converted from tackle to play right guard...
...then did Uncle Branch sell Jethroe, an acknowledged swiftie, a solid line drive hitter, and the possessor of an excellent throwing arm? For one thing, there was the price. A cryptic paragraph in the New York Times stated that the Addis-Jethroe deal provided enough revenue for Ricky to be able to write off the losses of last fall's unfortunate venture into the All-America football conference. The loss on the football Dodgers in 1948 has been conservatively estimated at $300,000. And Rickey got six minor leaguers to boot (whose names will be given on October...
...authors, but it was not for lack of physical comforts. Mealie, his Negro housekeeper, saw to his well-being at home, listened patiently to his erudite rumblings, and entertained her employer in dialect that Amos 'n' Andy would consider extravagant. In his New York office, shapely Tally, possessor of a delightful A-to-B cultural range, was in charge. Richard's heart, however, belonged to Zoe Else, a New York psychiatrist whose attractions were heightened by a familiarity with Bartlett's Familiar Quotations that was almost as inclusive as his own. In spite of verbal protestations...
...Adams, possessor of the top pitcher of the House League, Roger Davis, came up with another good hurler yesterday. He is Herb Mercer, and his 15 strike-out total was the deciding factor in the win over Eliot...
...Pacific) and laying up 72 vessels (only 15 of them major combat ships) to squeeze inside its budget. In doing so, the Navy was also shifting its weight around, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, where the Navy would add 30 new combat ships. But the Navy, already possessor of the mightiest aircraft carrier fleet in history, was still going ahead with the building of its mammoth 65,000-ton supercarrier United States, hoping to prove that long-range bombing is its business as well as the Air Force...