Word: baldish
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...existence the Guild had yet to win a concession from its archenemies, William Randolph Hearst and the conservative directors of the Associated Press. Of this, two Guild martyrs at the convention, handsome Dean Sothern Jennings, fired by the Hearstian San Francisco Call-Bulletin two years ago, and Morris Watson, baldish A. P. man whose ousting will be argued clear to the Supreme Court, were walking examples. Moreover, Guild officials frankly admitted membership had not increased as they hoped. Once the Guild had 10,000 newshawks signed up. Half of these had quit from apathy or fear of losing jobs...
...bespectacled Instructor Weller brooded over his misfortune. One morning last week he dismissed his class, stepped into the office of his immediate superior, Chairman Harry Kurz of the Department of Romance Languages. Instructor Weller knew that last month Dr. Kurz had failed to recommend him for reappointment. At his baldish. heavy-featured superior John Weller glared, pulled a revolver, shouted: "I'm going to kill you!" Dr. Kurz leaped up, ran from his office. Instructor Weller fired at him, missed. When Dr. Kurz slipped in the corridor, Instructor Weller stood over him, fired again...
...days of its famed first president, Horace Mann (1853-59), Antioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio, kept the world of education humming with new progressive ideas. To Antioch in 1920 went tall, baldish President Arthur Ernest Morgan with ideas even newer. President Morgan split the college's students into two groups, shipped one off for five-or-ten weeks of work in offices or factories while the other studied on the campus. No professional educator but an engineer who helped harness the turbulent Mi ami River after the Dayton flood of 1913, President Morgan was released on leave from...
...Detroit for a summer of long arguments and resurrected rancor, Judge Patrick Thomas Stone brings a reputation for wit, geniality, and broad interpretation of the law. Now 47, big, baldish, he insists on being called "Pat," has long been a popular toastmaster in his home State. First Federal judge appointed by President Roosevelt, he was strongly supported by both Wisconsin labor organizations and local bar associations...
...last week a baldish, pudgy man lolled comfortably before Senator Hugo Black's Lobby Investigating Committee. Cheerfully Robert E. Smith told his story...