Word: second
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...explained.) At 8:15, he set a black beret on his unruly grey hair, picked up his cane and went out to his official car, a black Mercedes sedan. At 8:30, he arrived at the great, grey Rathaus Schoneberg and walked to his high-ceilinged office on the second floor. There he started out on his null 6-hour day of reading reports, inspecting municipal installations, conferring with top German colleagues with such Allied officials as the U.S. Commander in Berlin, Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, attending dinners or more conferences at night...
...village. As the tanks were beginning to cross a bridge, Reds lurking underneath it lobbed two concussion grenades aimed at the tracks of the lead tanks. Dropping his rifle, the sergeant dived toward the grenades. He grabbed the first and threw it off the bridge. As he reached the second, he saw that he had no time, so he fell on it with his body. It went off, tearing him apart. The tanks rumbled on unhurt. The sergeant has been posthumously recommended for the D.S.C., although why not for the Congressional Medal I don't know...
...more pose in Oakland, Calif. (see cut), after flying in from Hong Kong. He also offered Californians his opinion that the U.S. "very likely" will become involved in a war with Red China. Then the general installed six-month-old Cynthia Louise ("Butterball") with in-laws and herded second wife Anna and 19-month-old Claire Anna ("Sugar") onto a plane for Washington, where he had a little business with the State Department...
...their third fight and the honors were even. In their first, attacking with hand-grenade punches, Saddler had won by a fourth-round knockout. Willie had won the second, a 15-round decision, by his own superb combination of light, windmill jabs, dodging footwork and his uncanny ability to shove, nudge and push his opponent off balance. For the third go last week, the fans thought they knew pretty much what to expect; the smart money was on youth and Sandy Saddler's hand grenades...
...years, a French-bred horse won England's classic St. Leger. The winner, by a length, was Marcel Boussac's tall, long-striding chestnut colt, Scratch II. For the British, who have an aversion to invasions, the result was doubly dour since another French horse finished second. For dapper Owner Boussac ("I am delighted, delighted") and Jockey Rae Johnstone, it was the third time this year they had taken the British into camp; they had won the Derby with Galcador and the Oaks with Asmena...