Word: second
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Heaviest strike of the week and second heaviest of the war (the biggest was along the Naktong River near Waegwan...
...have no desire to entertain." Last week, the government proceeded to exercise that right to the full. Scotland Yard men hurried to Britain's ports and airfields to turn back scores of travelers on their way to Sheffield, busy Yorkshire steel city, to attend the Russian-inspired Second World Peace Congress, a propaganda platform for international Communism...
...cooled down in the September stretch while Manager Lou, always at his best as a field leader, sat on the bench nursing a sickly .269 batting average and a pair of sore, 33-year-old legs. Cleveland's new manager: 42-year-old Al Lopez, once (1947) a second-string catcher for Boudreau, since then a highly successful manager for the Indianapolis Indians. At week's end, Lou Boudreau seemed to have no idea where he'd be next year...
While Boudreau was left to his wondering, another baseball headliner settled down with a long contract. At 69, onetime Dodger General Manager Branch Rickey signed a five-year contract (with an option for a five-year renewal) as general manager of the hapless (last place) but profitable (second in league attendance) Pittsburgh Pirates...
...Dallas, Texas A. & M., perennial doormats of the Southwest Conference, over S.M.U., 25-20, for the Mustangs' second defeat...