Word: acclaimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Heading the list of those who will seek the glory, headlines, and popular acclaim that usually elude Crimson trackmen, is middle-distance runner, French Anderson. Anderson has been invited to compete in the feature 1000-yard run against the likes of Olympic champion Charlie Jenkins (one year out of Villanova) and Yale's freshman whiz, Tom Carroll...
...leaders of the Atlantic world had met to confront together the gravest challenge their alliance had ever faced. They conferred, decided, and departed to their several countries with no great acclaim...
Russell does not have a personal enemy in the Senate. He speaks to the floor of the Senate and not to the press gallery, and he willingly lets other Senators take the acclaim for his successes. He is reluctant to give advice to other Senators, seldom volunteers it, invariably-when pressed for it-prefaces the advice with a kind, nonpartisan "Well, coming from your state, I'd suggest you do . . ." Rarely has Russell been known to solicit a vote on any other than the merits of the case, and rarely does he present more than the basic argument...
Miss Vosgerchian's musical vitality has won acclaim on two continents and contributed much to a most enjoyable musical evening that should have given pleasure to more people than were on hand for the occasion...
Franco Marinotti, 66, is a stout, energetic Italian who considers painting his lifework and business a mere sideline. As a painter, whose work bears the name Francesco Torri,* he has achieved critical acclaim throughout Italy for his craftsmanlike landscapes. But it is at his sideline that Franco Marinotti excels. As president of Milan's mammoth Snia Viscosa, he has almost singlehanded turned a tottering business into one of Italy's ten largest corporations and one of the world's biggest textile combines. Last year, with 60 plants turning out textiles in seven countries, Snia Viscosa was worth...