Word: contestable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Costa, 58, son of a Brazilian admiral, a lifelong pacifist and the acknowledged father of Brazil's flashy modern architecture, won the contest for a master city plan. While others submitted blueprints and models, Costa sketched on five sheets of paper what one judge, Britain's Sir William Holford, called "a city with solutions, not problems, built in." Says Costa: "The shape of Brasilia was born out of the simple gesture of a man who indicates a place or marks it as his own: two lines crossing at right angles...
...whose supporters had hoped for 40% of the total vote and predicted 30%, got 29%. His big riddle: Were the thousands of embattled farmers and enthusiastic Catholics who crossed over to vote for Humphrey or Kennedy just "one-day Democrats" who wanted to put their bets on a real contest, and would they return to the G.O.P. in November? Nixon, recalling 1948,*felt confident...
...became her whole life. Joannah's father, an infantry captain, was killed in Normandy, and Joannah's mother remarried, now lives in South Africa. Mrs. Whitney took over Joannah's upbringing, put her through fine schools, was pleased to see her ward win a national essay contest. Now a senior at Sarah Lawrence College, Joannah is a literature major, a talented painter, a graceful athlete. Last week she learned that she is also an heiress. Mrs. Whitney, dead at 82 last February, left Joannah nearly all of her considerable wealth. Chief legacy: an estimated...
Permitted to participate in the Mobil-gas contest only since 1957, womankind furnished 20 of the 56 drivers in the 1960 run. Among them were a grandmother, seven housewives, a bobbysoxer, a women's-club president, a would-be astronaut and a cafe singer. The run is publicly billed by automakers as a true test of miles-per-gallon efficiency. But most of Detroit agrees that the skill of the driver makes about a 25% difference. Last week, in the top three of the competition's six classes, woman drivers took two firsts, one second...
...besides Eisenhower who were once generals." For the correct answer, the Arthur Murray studios handed out "$25 in free lessons." But all too often, said FTC, the lucky winner found that he had to buy a complete course to collect his prize. FTC also rapped the "Lucky Buck" contest ("Check your dollar bills. If any of the serial numbers contains a 5 and 0 you've got a winner"), and objected to high-pressure sales talks which it said "coerce" prospects into signing up for dance courses...