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Word: switches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Taking his cue from the Hoover plan for Government reorganization, President Truman last week created posts for four new Assistant Secretaries of State (one of which was offered to Bunche), giving the department eight in all, and two new posts labeled Deputy Under Secretary. Biggest switch of all was the 'appointment of George F. Kennan, top U.S. policy planner on Russian affairs, to the key post of State Department counselor, replacing Charles E. ("Chip") Bohlen, who is now No. 2 man in the Paris embassy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: No Thanks | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

...lineup. McInnis seems to have found a combination which can produce hits and handle itself competently in the field. If a right-handed pitcher faces the Crimson, the outfield will be Ed Foynes, Hal Mofile, and Chuck Roche; if it is a southpaw, John Caulfield and Herbie Neal will switch with Foynes and Roche. Both sets of outfielders have shown improved hitting. The changed batting order, which has Mofile batting third and Ernie Mannino fifth, also is likely to stick. Mannino is the club's leading hitter with a sharp .336 average...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Faces Penn Here Tomorrow; | 5/27/1949 | See Source »

...book) is written by a communist sympathizer, says the general. Maybe so, but 181 other colleges and universities use it. At the same time, General Lowry attacked President Miller for being "asleep at the switch" in allowing it to be used. By a simple comparison, we are wondering why we haven't all cracked up, since 181 other men aren't working the switch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students' Pledge Readied in Texas, Passed in Okla. | 5/26/1949 | See Source »

...Another switch may see Chuck Roche in right field instead of Herb Neal, who is slowing down at the plate after a flashy start. Ed Foynes will remain in left field in place of John Caulfield as long as he keeps hitting the way he has since breaking into the lineup...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Harvard, Cornell Clash in Ithaca Today; Myles Huntington May Return to Lineup | 5/18/1949 | See Source »

...football players at this time is right end Fred Ravreby. Six foot three inch Ravreby spent the winter knocking people out of the boxing room and then started out the spring practice as a tackle. The sudden dearth, however, of right ends, plus Ravreby height and speed caused the switch to end, and here he will probably remain this fall. If he continues to improve, Fred Ravreby is the best bet among the freshmen to make the 1949 football squad...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 5/3/1949 | See Source »

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