Word: rose
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Frilled Skirts. By evening, Ike was in Athens, and cheering throngs lined Poseidon Avenue and the streets of the suburb of Phaleron (where St. Paul is said to have landed when he journeyed to Greece). Rose petals pelted him as the procession moved past half a million people. "Viva!" they yelled (while the Communists chanted "Hyphesis"-Down with Tension). Ike could see the Parthenon glowing in light on the Acropolis, the ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, and a small obelisk monument to Americans who were killed in Greece's 1821-29 war for independence from the Ottoman...
...case of censorship? Superintendent of Schools Ellis A. Jarvis pooh-poohed the suggestion, conveniently ruled that it was just a matter of obeying the law against selling books in a classroom. Should Teacher Russell then be disciplined? Some 35 teachers at U.C.L.A. and Santa Monica City College rose to her defense in an angry petition charging "a breach of academic freedom." Said Florence Russell: "If reminding students of their rightful literary heritage is an offense, then I have offended. I refuse to accept blame for anything else...
...solid (5 ft. 8 in., 150 lbs.) and imposing woman, Dramatic Soprano Nilsson was discovered, as the curtain rose, pacing the deck of the ship bearing Isolde to King Mark of Cornwall; for all the world she looked like a handsome Viking figurehead. In the long, angry denunciation of Tristan that followed, she displayed a big, flashing, vibrant voice that galvanized her audience and conveyed an immediate sense of the turbulent passions that animate the role. As the opera unfolded, Soprano Nilsson continued to dominate the stage with such ringing power that she cut without difficulty through the opulent textures...
...Steelmakers plan to operate at about 95% of capacity this week, and output should top the industry's alltime record reached last April. Imports of steel also eased slightly in October, but stayed at a high level of 362,000 tons for the month. ¶ Freight carloadings rose 75,513 cars above the previous week, outpacing the same week in both...
Helen Hayes and Patty Duke repeat (in a new production) One Red Rose for Christmas, Paul Horgan's 1958 success about a mother superior and an orphan...