Word: setting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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John Culver, the big fullback, played well, said Lamar. Culver set up the first score with a ten-yard plunge from the Andover eleven, then went over on the next play. Lamer also landed reserve tailback John Tulonko for hard running and good defensive play. He commented that King called plays well...
...week, the presidential desk was clear and the crew had polished up the brass on the good yacht Williamsburg. Harry Truman packed up his white wool yachting cap and a covey of his best speechwriters and set out for a lazy eight-day session of waterborne poker, napping and perhaps some occasional phrasemaking in preparation for the political lists. It was to be a comfortable trip. The Williamsburg wasn't going any place in particular-just cruising along Chesapeake...
...town of Jammu the electricity and water system was wrecked, and 700 houses collapsed. Nevertheless, Dwarka Nath, a young shopkeeper, set off gaily, with his cousin Madan Mohan, for a wedding date with the lovely Uma Vanti in a village 50 miles away. After they had traveled 45 miles the young men came to the turbulent river Devak Nullah and found that the bridge had been swept away. As there was no boat available they plunged into the water. Madan Mohan, a strong swimmer, made the other bank. Bridegroom Nath spluttered, choked and turned back. With only one hour left...
...cattle, dogs and flowers, but none to the most important work in the world-raising children." With this observation, in 1926, a 30-year-old Manhattan bachelor launched Children-the Magazine for Parents. For his monthly, Publisher George J. Hecht,who combed the birth statistics for his mailing list, set a circulation of 100,000 as his wildest dream. It soon came true-and then some...
Leaders of Thought. The City Club, which thinks that the Negro tag helps "to set Negroes apart" and thus adds to racial tensions in a city which has some 450,000 Negroes, was not satisfied. Last week, after seven months and more letters, the club took its case to Trib readers and the "leaders of thought in 'Chicagoland' " by mailing out 2,000 copies of an eight-page pamphlet "John Smith, Negro." In it, the City Club made its case against use of the racial label, arguing that "in a paper that emphasizes crimes of violence...