Word: third
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Gene Lovett, hard-hitting outfielder, will probably be missing from the lineup for the Tufts encounter because of a Geology field trip, Lee Hartstone will take over his right field berth. Burgy Ayres, who is starting at the third base position, will move up from fifth to fourth in the batting order to fill the gap caused by Lovett's absence...
Washington newshawks, endlessly questing for a third-term clue, asked Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes what he might be doing next year. He snorted: "I may have to insert a want ad in a newspaper: Position wanted; shopworn, overworked, tired old man who has received more brickbats than any other in public life...
...supervised the planting of every one of the 10,000 supporting pylons: Pathologist Rigney D'Aunoy. Descendant of an old Creole family that moved to New Orleans around 1750, warm-hearted Dr. D'Aunoy (pronounced Doe-nwah) is No. 1 U. S. authority on the little-known third venereal disease, Lymphogranuloma inguinale...
Hypertension strikes youth as well as age, and when it runs in families, "members of the third generation die earlier than [those] ... of the second generation, and those of the second ... die earlier than those of the first." Drs. Allen & Adson admitted that "there is no very good medical treatment for hypertension," that droves of patients run to "physician after physician seeking relief, and . . . large numbers of physicians do likewise. . . . Almost all products so enthusiastically advertised are valueless. A program of adequate rest and recreation, avoidance ... of nervous stresses and strains, the acquisition of a calm peaceful attitude...
...third quarter saw another string of scores as Zouck continued his amazing spree by getting three more. Anderson, Ed Edmunds, Joe Ferris, and August Benedix contributed five goals while Nover put in the only other Springfield tally. The scoring subsided in the last period with only Benedix and Zouck scoring. late in this quarter the gymnasts made a desperate scoring offensive, but owing to a very able job by George Hanford at the nets the last minute drive bore no fruit...