Word: arching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Douglas plant in Santa Monica and destined for delivery to Continental Air Lines. The $2,000,000 airliner had been lifted skyward on its maiden flight by Test Pilot William Carr, 36, for a trial turn over the Pacific at 10,000 ft., then back in a climbing arch over the valley to 25,000 ft. The four-man crew logged a routine test. Twice Santa Monica's Clover Field received position reports radioed by Copilot Archie Twitchell, 51, whose 34 years of flying were interlinked with a 65-picture acting career in the neighboring movie studios (Souls...
...Macmillan's appointments, as in his oratory, the pattern was "No regrets abroad-push ahead at home." To offset the retention of Selwyn Lloyd as Foreign Minister-"Mr. Lloyd returns to the Foreign Office down a long, cold arch of raised eyebrows," observed The Economist-Macmillan had solace for Suez critics. Rab Butler, who lost out to Macmillan as Prime Minister but stayed on as Lord Privy Seal, he identified as "my chief partner in this new enterprise." Two other appointments got widespread attention. One was Macmillan's reaching outside Parliament to make harddriving, self-made Birmingham Industrialist...
Franco's real need was hard cash to back his paper money, and last week it drove him to something unprecedented in his 20 years as dictator. He had some soft words for that arch villain of a hundred speeches, Soviet Russia. While Spaniards listened in astonishment, Franco declared: "Once Russia halts her persecutions, threats, and subversive actions toward other nations, there will be nothing against Russia as a nation or Russians as a people...
...Fonteyn's roles. More enthusiastically than ever, the critics applauded her lithe, leggy build, her cool, fluid movements, which are reminiscent of the early Fonteyn's. Although the restrictions of Pagodas' choreography gave the critics less to rave about last week, Beriosova displayed the classic arch-of-back and lift-of-leg passages that have moved her audiences in the past. There is still no indication of when 37-year-old Margot Fonteyn will finally step down, but when she does, the Sadler's Wells company may well find in Beriosova a talented replacement...
Only three weeks had passed since the University of Michigan announced that the Ford Motor Co. and the Ford Motor Company Fund had given it 210 acres, including the home of Henry Ford, and $6,500,000 to start a branch college at Dearborn (TIME, Dec. 24). Last week Arch Rival Michigan State University of East Lansing announced a windfall of its own-the 1,400-acre Oakland County estate belonging to the widow of Auto Tycoon John Dodge and her husband, Lumberman Alfred G. Wilson. In addition, the Wilsons were kicking in $2,000,000 to endow an M.S.U...