Word: impression
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trekked to Hanover last month for the Dartmouth Carnival, where every girl who has ever slipped on an icy sidewalk endeavors to impress her hosts with a camelback spin. Barbara looks a back on that weekend with whole-fouled pleasure. "I left my skates at Radcliffe," she says happily, "and didn't even see the ice. It was my first real vacation in years...
...make money? To impress his acquaintances...
...Timetable. The news was good enough to impress even hardboiled Capitol newsmen. Vandenberg's logic and persuasion, plus the force of public opinion,* had brought ERP to the point of Senate debate unbruised by its first big test. Chairman Vandenberg deserved the congratulations which the newsmen showered down...
While living up to its traditions, Printing House Square has had to live down some scandals and Hearst-like intrigue. In 1895, when Jameson's raiders were poised to strike at the Transvaal, the Times told its correspondent "to impress upon [Cecil] Rhodes that we hope the New Company will not commence business on a Saturday." The Times had no Sunday edition, and didn't want to miss out on a well-plotted scoop. (The raid started on a Sunday afternoon and the Times got its scoop...
Felix reported a run on picture postcards. "Some of the boys will stop at nothing to impress the grader," he was quoted as saying. "There's one in particular--shows a statue of some Indian appealing to the Great Spirit--selling like hot--cakes...