Word: 56th
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...killer sharks." On a trial run before the show, Knievel made it over the sharks but skidded into a retaining wall in Chicago's International Amphitheater and for the 13th time in his frangible career broke some bones: the right forearm and the left collarbone (his 55th and 56th breaks). After putting out a blizzard of P.T. Barnum-like press releases, all CBS got for its $500,000 fee was some taped footage of the crash, which it duly showed several times along with some live daredevil stunts. Meanwhile, twelve sharks shipped up from Florida for the show found...
...eyes of Iran's 32 million people, the prosperity and national prestige the Shah is bringing them has bathed their ruler with new luster. Thus last week, when the Shadow of God celebrated his 55th birthday-his 56th by Iranian reckoning, which counts the day of birth as one's first birthday-the national holiday was observed with particular fervor. The capital city of Tehran (pop. 3.8 million) glowed from the light of millions of colored lamps. As part of the festivities, the Shah and lissome Empress Farah reviewed a mass exhibition of gymnasts in the $185 million...
...Resemblance. Ford's press conference was his first as President but the 56th that he has held since Dec. 6, when he was inaugurated as Vice President. It took place in the White House's East Room, which was jammed with newsmen, just as it had been for his predecessor's infrequent sessions with reporters-37 in 5½ years as President. But there the resemblance to the Nixon press conferences ended...
...Brothers, as John D. Jr.'s boys are called, have earned L.B.J.'s accolade. From the family headquarters on the 56th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, they have reached out across the globe to give not only their money but also their time to a wide variety of public causes. "The word is stewardship" says John D. III. "What we inherited was ours on a service basis." The 56th floor is divided into four suites, one for each of the four surviving sons of John D. Jr. They are John D. Ill, 68, Nelson, 66, Laurance...
Sporting Metaphor. One very uncertain factor in the complicated equation is how the Russians will respond. Kissinger's caravan through the Middle East, as well as the results he achieved, were reported briefly and without comment in the Soviet Union last week. The Soviets, celebrating the 56th anniversary of the October Revolution,* seemed to have put the Middle East aside temporarily. Nonetheless, there appeared to be some anxiety in the Kremlin over the diplomatic success that the U.S. and its Secretary of State were having-in a sense at Soviet expense. One Moscow editor called the U.S. attempt...