Word: pillared
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Herbert Hoover: "A strong pillar in our Asian defense has been removed...
...astonishing physical feat: in Jean Cocteau's Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (TIME, Dec. 9, 1946), Babilée hung by his neck on a gallows for a full minute, with no more extra support than he could get from wrapping one arm around a pillar...
...free . . . there are girls . . ."). Though he knew only two arias, Siepi won the competition. He made his debut in Rigoletto two months later in a provincial opera house. When La Scala reopened in 1946, Siepi sang in the opening performance, soon came to be considered "the pillar" among La Scala's bass singers. A quick study, he now sings 40 roles...
...Karl Stern, M.D., for his autobiography, Pillar of Fire (Harcourt Brace; $3.50). In this book, Jewish-born Dr. Stern tells of his struggles in Nazi Germany and his eventual conversion to Catholicism...
Davison, like the other East fullbacks, could gain nothing up the middle, and is hurt badly. Clayton and McCraney alternated at quarterback, and called plays full, but were hampered by the ineffectiveness of the fullbacks. Clayton used his pillar bootleg play well, but was equalled in that department by Fran Nagle (Nebraska), West quarterback...