Word: michael
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unexpected chill in the Shropshire air: there was not a Master of Foxhounds in sight who would lend a pack of hounds to them. They tried farther afield, but the Sports Society had done its work well. "We gave no orders to any M.F.H.," explained its Assistant Secretary Michael Shephard. "We simply advised them that in the opinion of the B.F.S.S. it was inadvisable to cooperate in the making of this film." Dejected, the moviemakers returned to London. "We hope that somewhere," wrote Messrs. Powell and Pressburger to the Times last week, "there is a Master of Foxhounds with...
...fourth night, Carabineros Captain Oscar Cristi of Chile finally broke Mexico's winning streak. He finished the twisting, eleven-jump course in 37 seconds. 2.9 seconds less than Colonel Mariles' time, and copped the West Point Challenge Trophy. Two nights later, Captain Michael Tubridy, of the Irish team, picked up another first place. The Mexicans were undisturbed; they were so far ahead of the other teams that they had already taken time out for a graceful gesture...
...masculine side the company was weaker. At 40, Choreographer-Dancer Robert Helpmann seemed past his prime as a soloist-although as a danseur noble he showed off the sparkling Fonteyn like a diamond ring. Handsome Michael Somes, 32, had had his career interrupted by four years in the British army during...
...graduation in fine arts, graphic arts and architecture. Three evenings a week there were public lectures in the Great Hall on subjects ranging from atomic fission to Indonesian dances. Among the Union's eminent alumni had been Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Labor Leader Samuel Gompers, Scientist-Inventor Michael Pupin. Moreover, Cooper Union had served as inspiration for a number of privately endowed technical schools (e.g., Chicago's Armour Institute of Technology) across the country...
...Died. Michael Joseph Kennedy, 52, veteran Tammany wheelhorse; in an airplane crash; in Washington (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). A onetime Democratic Representative from New York (1938-42), Kennedy became Tammany sachem in 1942, was ousted two years later after bigtime Gambler Frank Costello admitted that he had used money and influence to swing Kennedy's appointment...