Word: string
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Most frequent request was for the sound of relatives' voices. Producer Leslie Bridgmont firmly said no. "If we start that," he explained, "we'll wind up with a string of elderly ladies quavering 'Hello, Frank...
...Margaret and Katie Fox, two mischievous little girls of Hydesville, N.Y., thought up a way to mystify their ma. In bed at night they tied an apple to a string and bumped it loudly on the floor. Hearing the sonorous raps, Mrs. Fox climbed upstairs to investigate, and of course found both children apparently fast asleep. Cried puzzled Mother Fox: "Is this a disembodied spirit that has taken possession of my dear children...
...cash, they sold all their stock to short (5 ft. 3 in.) Samuel I. Newhouse, 55, able owner of the Harrisburg (Pa.) News (circ. 85,363) and Patriot (circ. 31,249), the Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Journal (circ. 126,179) and Post-Standard (circ. 77,970) and a string of five other Eastern dailies. Said Newhouse happily: "Most of my papers were sick when I got them. The Oregonian is the first that is at the height of its power and prestige...
...Chinese are not a militaristic people and not many Chinese poets sing the glory and grandeur of war. Mao is one of those who does. Most of his verse has not been publicly printed, but in the three poems known to the West, he plucks harshly the blood & iron string. Sample lines...
...ahead and picked a single, old-fashioned eleven. By this week, 43 players had been named to somebody or other's All-America. Only four-Ohio State Halfback Vic Janowicz, Oklahoma Tackle Jim Weatherall, Texas Guard Bud McFadin and Army End Dan Foldberg-made everybody's first-string...