Word: austin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...think fast, speak fluently, argue persuasively, and be charming. Cabot Lodge seemed just the man. To (give Lodge extra prestige and a voice in the policymaking, Ike made him a "personal member" of his Cabinet (Lodge's predecessor, Vermont's ex-Senator Warren Austin, had no Cabinet status). As a favor to Lodge, Ike let him name the deputy U.N. delegate. Lodge unhesitatingly picked shrewd, amiable James J. Wadsworth, then acting Civil Defense administrator. A boyhood friend of Cabot Lodge, Wadsworth, 53, is still his deputy, has proved to be a first-rate U.N. diplomat...
...companions from year to year, they rarely come alone. In the bay that once knew only fishing boats, as many as 80 yachts may lie at anchor. The narrow streets hum with Ferraris, Lancias, Mercedes and Aston Martins. To be seen at the wheel of a mere Jaguar or Austin-Healey is considered ordinary. To drive a Thunderbird is definitely parvenu...
...learned the backshop trades of the news business, mastered the Linotype when he was 14, developed into a skilled doctor of slumping papers, and, incidentally, made a pile in real estate. When he went up to Fairbanks in 1950 to diagnose what ailed the sick News-Miner of Austin ("Cap") Lathrop, Snedden was convinced that Alaska should not seek statehood...
...lure more motorists into sports cars, British Motor Corp. this week added a low-priced stablemate to its MGs and Austin-Healeys, which now give it the biggest share ($49,500,000 a year) of the U.S. sports-car market. The new entry: Austin-Healey's Sprite. Price in Manhattan: $1,849, the cheapest British sports car (next cheapest: MG, at $2,526). Powered by a souped-up 48-h.p. version of Austin's four-cylinder A35 engine, the two-passenger Sprite does 35 miles on a gallon, accelerates from o to 70 m.p.h. in 34 seconds...
Elected last Saturday night in the Society's final election of the 1957-58 academic year were David B. Arnold, Lewis C. Austin, Richard W. Dixon, Steven J. Hirsch, John S. Mautner, David Riess, and Robert A. Weisberg of Adams House...