Word: tip
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Harvard men are tip-top, natural, real he-men who displayed themselves as thoughtful...the best college group I've ever encountered in any of my American tours," the Canon said. "I'm sure I didn't sway all of them, but we parted with mutual respect...
...Bill of Sale. Early this month another former concentration-camp victim gave Yvonne a tip. The name Yvonne gave to the police was that of one of France's best amateur horsewomen, the Comtesse Fides.de Marliave. Comte Bernard had known the Comtesse de Marliave casually before the war at the very smart riding club, Cercle de l'Etrier...
When he was taken to the hospital with a broken thigh, George Bernard Shaw muttered, "If I survive this I will be immortal." After 24 querulous days, he left the hospital last week on a stretcher, hugging two hot-water bottles and snuggled with blankets to the tip of his nose...
WOLMI (Moon Tip) ISLAND was a rather useless place. Its only local reputation was as an off-the-cuff summer resort for the town of Inchon, to which it is joined by a long causeway. The northern end of the tiny island had boasted a large inn, complete with swimming pool, where Inchon's successful merchants could enjoy the summer breezes. After the Communists invaded South Korea, they set up a small guard unit on the island, ringed it with earthworks and hastily dug trenches...
...tip from a Rome art dealer put them on the track. The dealer had been visited by a distinguished-looking stranger who said he had a miniature by Raphael which he would sell for only 2,000,000 lire ($3,200). Suspicious of the low price, the dealer put off the caller and called in the police. They set up a street-corner rendezvous, nabbed the distinguished-looking stranger...