Word: agee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From a letter in the Times of London from one William Pringle: "I am a Scotsman approaching 80 years of age and have been accustomed to have a plate of porridge daily for breakfast, and to this I attribute my good health. This morning I visited nearly a dozen shops in quest of some oatmeal, but failed to procure...
...cigaret half through, dropped it to make a shot, then lit another. If this was a sign of nervousness, his 170 rivals -many of whom had given up tobacco to steady their nerves-didn't think it was much of one. Said one competitor: with Hogan, the age of golfing man ended, the age of golfing machine began. After 72 holes, Iceman Hogan had a six-under-par score of 282, enough to win his twelfth tournament of the year and bring his winnings...
Itemized Bill. Authorities estimate that from 4,000,000 to 12,000,000 U.S. citizens are infected with brucellosis germs, that some 40,000 annually become doctors' patients. About 12% of U.S. cattle of breeding age are infected...
...week's end, the row was on. Objected Dr. Rolla E. Dyer, director of the National Institute of Health (in Cissie Patterson's Washington Times-Herald): "There is less & less reason every year for fear of old age. ... It is silly to talk about 'hopeless' [diseases] in these times." Cried Monsignor Robert E. McCormick, presiding judge of the ecclesiastical tribunal in New York's Catholic Archdiocese: "Anti-God, unAmerican, and a menace to veterans...
...this surcharged situation a fervent voice suddenly spoke out. For most of his life Elias Hicks, a Long Island farmer, had been a respected though not particularly distinguished Quaker minister.* But in 1815, at the age of 67, he was moved to preach against the evangelistic doctrines which he felt were threatening Quaker mysticism.† At the Yearly Meeting of 1827, differences were too deep even for Friendly reconciliation: country Quakers withdrew to form a separate meeting. Though they never formally accepted the teachings or leadership of Elias Hicks, the seceders were known as "Hicksites" for want of a better...