Word: elders
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pressed by a newsman for a quick verbal self-portrait on the eve of his 89th birthday, Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch put on a mischievous, mysterious expression, nutshelled: "I do everything I used to do-but not quite as much...
...Elder Statesman Harry Truman disclosed that he is taking another fling at "the authoring business," has signed up to turn out two new books. The first, Mr. Citizen, to be published next March, will express Truman's general views on today's world. The other, still untitled, but set for publication a year later, will be addressed to U.S. youth (10 to 16), and will set forth what junior citizens should know about U.S. history. Explained Author Truman of the latter project: "I hope to correct what I believe are some serious misconceptions of our past, particularly with...
Thanks to the efforts of what are now N.M.A.'s elder statesmen, Negroes today are accepted as members of more and more county medical societies in all states except Louisiana. They have won the right to treat their patients in a growing number of first-class, tax-supported hospitals. To younger elements in N.M.A. leadership, these gains brought a new challenge. Says Washington's Dr. Edward C. Mazique, 48, installed as president last week: "Few Negro physicians can attend well-planned postgraduate courses. In rural areas and small towns they often cannot call in another M.D. to take...
...Elder Statesman Herbert Hoover, clear-eyed, poker-backed and 85 this week, returned to New York City from San Francisco to celebrate his birthday and catch up on his awesome workload (writing four books, answering scores of letters, being chairman of the Boys Clubs of America). That afternoon he went to Yankee Stadium to toss in the first ball in a nostalgic two-inning game between Yankee oldtimers and their erstwhile opponents from the National League foes...
...around Rochester and accessible for interviews. The trail led back to the first patient's grandfather, a farmer. His daughters remembered him as a "very sleepy person who always fell asleep when he sat down." His wife was normal. So were his son and younger daughter. But his elder daughter, 67, complained of severe drowsiness and episodes of sleep many times a day for at least 40 years. How she managed was a mystery because she had 16 children. She consistently fell asleep at movies, even those she particularly liked. Her eldest son, 47, at first denied the trait...