Word: adolphe
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...time in its 65 years, the Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish language paper, began printing part of each issue in English. This was no territorial raid on the city's strike-silenced newspaper giants; it was a humble effort by the Forward to stay alive. Said Business Manager Adolph Held, a little sadly: "Now, maybe, our readers will show the Forward to their children...
...many of the old ways linger on. Editorial staffers are of an even riper age than Forward readers, whose average age is 50. As in the old days, reporters are still appointed for life; Editor Lazar Fogelman, who has been with the paper since 1927, is 71; Business Manager Adolph Held is 77; Literary Critic Harry Rogoff is 80. In a period of instant cookery, the Forward instructs its readership on the fermentation of wine. Space is still reserved for humor of a high Jewish flavor: "Sam: There is nothing better than to lie in bed in the morning...
...Harvard parking lots, belonging to the Medical and Business schools, would have faced assessment because they constitute property not being exclusively used for educational purposes. Adolph H. Brauneis, commissioner of assessing, said that despite the present reprieve such an assessment would continue to be seriously considered by the Council. If the bill were passed, the universities involved would present strong opposition. Authorities at Boston University forcely denounced the Council's plan. George A. Walmer, administrative vice-president, said yesterday that his office was presently drawing up a "confidential report that will show to the citizens of Boston what tremendous value...
...American art as far back as 1930, became convinced that the wave of the future in art lay in the U.S. and that the U.S. should start paying attention. And so, in 1945 he signed up Robert Motherwell and William Baziotes, packed them off to Florida to paint. Later, Adolph Gottlieb and Sculptor David Hare joined the list. Kootz refused to take Pollock, and when he began adding such foreign names as Soulages and Mathieu to his gallery (he has long been Picasso's U.S. dealer), some of his more American-minded artists left. But it is a fact...
...balcony and peer at a flock of wild geese flying overhead, astride one of which is a ten-year-old boy, Nils. Most of the scene was shot from a hovering helicopter and two time-consuming retakes were needed. Patiently doing his bit: good old (79) King Gustav VI Adolph of Sweden. ∙ ∙ ∙ The cornerstone for the new Wigan Girls High School was all inscribed: "Laid by the Rt. Hon. Hugh Gaitskell, A.D. 1962." But just a few hours before the Opposition Labor Party leader was to come up from London to do the honors, he learned that...