Word: belmont
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...80th birthday, Manhattan's spry Patroness of Arts Eleanor Robson Belmont was hailed by the Metropolitan Opera, got her hand kissed by Opera Manager Rudolf Bing, a gallantry that drew a hearty laugh from Opera President Anthony Bliss. It was close to the 25th anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera Association, which Mrs. Belmont founded in order to bring great music to millions. After a ceremony in Bing's offices, Eleanor Belmont was presented to the Met audience between acts of a Saturday matinee performance of Manon...
...Brooklyn, N.Y., a concentrator in Biology; Edward M. Baum, of Quincy House and Evansville, Indiana, Architectural Sciences; Paul A. Buttenweiser, of Quincy House and New York City, History and Literature; Joel D. Cooper, of Lowell House and Charleston, W. Va., Chemistry; Paul D'Andrea, of Lowell House and Belmont, Physics; Patrick Henry III, of Lowell House and Dallas, Tex., History and Literature; Richard B. Hines, of Lowell House and New York City, Romance Languages...
Menzel explained that a person could watch the eclipse by getting on any high spot and facing the Eastern horizon. Best locations, Menzel said, are Marblehead or Gloucester on the ocean or perhaps even Belmont Hill...
...strong enough to ride all afternoon, and he applies the measure of cold cash, not sentiment, to his work. Shrugs Jockey Bob Ussery (rhymes with fussery): "If I ride in the Kentucky Derby, I want a real shot at winning. Otherwise, I'd rather ride six mounts at Belmont...
Bermuda businessmen, long reluctant to jeopardize revenue from discrimination-prone U.S. tourists, last week let down most of the island's social color bars. Top hotels-Belmont Manor. Castle Harbour, Princess, Elbow Beach. Inverurie, St. George-announced their intention "to accept reservations for dining, dancing and entertainment from local residents without discrimination," and to allow visiting (but not resident) Negroes in rooms. Most smaller hotels, nightclubs and restaurants followed suit; movie theaters abandoned segregated seating. Bermuda's 28,000 Negroes (in a population of 45,000) won their new gains through a boycott of movie houses. White Bermudians...