Word: resting
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...undoubtedly exhilarating to survey the turmoil from the comfort of an air-conditioned office after having made it, but what about these who get their noses rubbed in "action" every day. We may be the center of things, but I wonder how long we−or the rest of the world−are going to endure...
...reform of military life is not a luxury or even merely an idea whose time has come, mirroring the changes in the rest of U.S. society. It is a necessity. Largely because of the Viet Nam War, the prestige of the military is plummeting. Many servicemen, including cadets and midshipmen from West Point and Annapolis, try to hide their military connections when on leave among their peers. There is even a wig market in Annapolis where middies can acquire hirsute camouflage. Re-enlistment rates have dropped to their lowest levels since 1955. Barely 31% of servicemen of all ranks...
...when his father died (his mother had died earlier), Hughes inherited a majority interest in the company. That holding was worth $500,000. Hughes bought the rest of the shares from his relatives, moved to Hollywood and broke into moviemaking. After some early failures, he began producing hits, including Hell's Angels, Scar face and The Outlaw, which made Jane Russell a national pinup girl. His pictures introduced, among others, Jean Harlow, George Raft, Pat O'Brien and Paul Muni...
...Hughes," my wife explained, "Frank is exhausted. He went to bed early, and I think he should get a good night's rest, don't you?" "Good heavens, yes, Mrs. McCulloch, and I'm sorry to have been so thoughtless. A pleasant good night. Rest well." Of course the phone rang again precisely 30 minutes later. Instantly, Hughes was apologetic. In the press of all the things he was doing, he had simply forgotten the earlier conversation. Good night again...
Died. Harrison Cady, 93, painter and illustrator, best known for Peter Rabbit, Lightfoot the Deer, Reddy Fox, Jimmy Skunk and the rest of the menagerie in Thornton Burgess's children's books; in Manhattan...