Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When he played master of ceremonies on a quiz show last season, Groucho Marx worked a radio wonder by winning the prized Peabody Award as the best comedian on the air. This week he worked another one. After Variety had reported that giveaways are giving way to "entertainment without the gimmicks," Groucho sold his radio giveaway, You Bet Your Life (Wed. 9 p.m. E.S.T., CBS), to a new sponsor (De Soto) for five years starting...
...playing around with microbes" had paid off with one of the biggest jackpots that has ever gushed from a scientist's laboratory. Dr. Waksman (rhymes with boxman) had become the discoverer of streptomycin, which ranks next to penicillin among the antibiotics and is the first of these "wonder drugs" to show hopeful results in the treatment of tuberculosis...
...seasons, Joe Kuhel. Later, he proudly announced the purchase of Irv Noren, a promising outfielder from the Pacific Coast League, for $70,000. Last week, Griffith swung another deal he knew would please Washington fans: he signed up Stanley Raymond ("Bucky") Harris, his 52-year-old former "boy-wonder" manager, whom he had fired twice before...
...great packager" who tricks up boxes and labels, Designer Loewy lures U.S. consumers into buying more soap, lard, perfume and hair oils. If he did nothing more than such trivial things, consumers might well wonder what benefit, if any, they get from his work. But he also works just as hard making all manner of things better and more usable. His new vacuum cleaner (Singer) is the first which is designed to be hung up flat against a closet wall. Foley Bros, department store, in Houston, was the first department store designed so that a shopper could walk through...
Dick Kazmaier, Princeton's 18-year-old wonder leads the Ivy League on total offense with 580 yards--116 per game average. Lynn Dorset of Cornell leads in passings, ranks second in total offense...