Word: abreast
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Coping with female students, he reported, could be literally overwhelming. "When [a professor] meets them coming down the sidewalk toward him three abreast, they refuse to break rank and simply push him off into the grass . . . They invariably park their bicycles right in front of the door or the steps and let you fall over them as you come out. If you survive that, they ride down upon you from the rear as silently as Indians...
...Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, 600 extras and eye-crashing Technicolor, mixed by the lavish, lily-gilding hand of Cecil B. DeMille. The result may not be quite Old Testament, but it is Bible story shrewdly blended with sex, spectacle, and the merest suggestion of social comment to keep it abreast of current Hollywood trends. It is unlikely to tarnish Producer-Director DeMille's reputation for consistently making (as well as spending) more money on pictures than anybody else...
...changes in the Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC departments were announced last night by Provost Buck, as the University moved to keep abreast of yearly personnel changes in the reserve units...
General Electric Co.'s net of $21,060,037 was off about 28%. But second-place Westinghouse had turned in $20.5 million, a 109% gain that pushed it nearly abreast of its giant rival. Westinghouse's President Gwilym Price gratefully added 40? to the usual 25? quarterly dividend and Westinghouse stock joined the big group* of those who boosted dividends and made new highs on the big board...
...passengers will get the full red-carpet treatment, starting with a carpet on the loading ramp and recorded music at take-offs and landings. The specially decorated DC-6s will seat 56 people and will have a lounge (Eastern's smaller Constellations carry 60 passengers, some sitting three abreast), fresh flowers in the planes every day, and such features as hot hors d'oeuvres and linen napkins. Fares will be no higher than on other DC-6 flights...