Word: second
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Before long, Sulzberger and Iphigene Ochs were in love. When Sulzberger married her in 1917, Ochs was not his boss; Sulzberger was a second lieutenant in the Army. But Father-in-law Ochs stipulated that as soon as he was discharged he must join the Times, and in 1918 he did. Ochs gave him an office, a secretary, a title (assistant treasurer), and nothing to do. Says Sulzberger: "I didn't even know enough to ask questions. I just looked...
...only woman who sits at the oval luncheon table is Correspondent McCormick, whose first contribution to the Times was a poem for which she got $3.50. Her second, written from Italy in 1921, was a comprehensive account of the rise of fascism and helped win her a job and a start on the career that has raised her to topmost bracket among foreign political correspondents-male or female...
...March, Mr. Trouble was leading a more leisurely life in South Carolina. Mr. Trouble, a 40-1 shot in the winter books, made his three-year-old debut in mid-April, ran a strong fourth in a six-furlong race. A fortnight ago (TIME, May 1), he ran second to the current Derby favorite, Your Host, in a race in which the California-bred winner set a new track record for seven furlongs. Last week Trainer Veitch gave Mr. Trouble his final tune-up in competition, sent him out in the mile-and-one-eighth (one-eighth of a mile...
Bettors, who had been chiefly devoting their attention to such outstanding colts as Hill Prince, Your Host, Middleground, Oil Capitol and Theory, now had to take a sharp second look at Mr. Trouble. Early this week, with the Derby five days away, his odds were down to 10-1. Those who had been lucky or smart enough to get down in the winter book at 40-1 just looked pleased...
Tearing through the first two quarters of their specialty, the mile relay, Morgan State's No. 1 and No. 2 men piled up a six-yard lead by the halfway mark. Fifty seconds later, with the 35,000 track fans in Philadelphia's Franklin Field in an uproar, New York University had cut the lead to a stride. For N.Y.U. that left matters up to Anchor Man Reggie Pearman, who had never been beaten in three years of running in the Penn Relays. He jetted off after Morgan State's anchor man, tall, long-legged Jamaican George...