Word: beares
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Buffalo, N.Y. usually go to look at the animals. Last week practically everybody was looking at the signs designating the animals. For it was suddenly discovered that for years the signs have been spilling over with misspellings that nobody ever noticed. One notice allowed that the black bears are "excellent swimers." Another, for the red fox, whose Latin name Vulpes fulva was spelled Vulpes Tulva, explained: "Range: Forrest regions in the temperate and sub-artic parts of both old and new world." The cherry-headed mangabey, read another sign, makes "speach-like sounds," while the eland runs in "large heards...
Colleges must bear some blame, says Tuttle. Most states require recommendations from the colleges of would-be teachers, but in Ohio, 23 of 39 teacher training schools reported that English department heads are not consulted in making recommendations for English certification...
...said, is duty bound to keep mob violence from frustrating "the preservation of individual rights as determined by a court decree . . . My feelings are exactly as they were a year ago." At the same time, the President again declined to bring the moral influence of his office to bear on the integration issue. In a remarkable self-evaluation of his influence, he said that he would not want to "weaken public opinion" by expressing his personal views on desegregation...
...Columbia, and 51-year-old Skipper Cunningham, with an eye toward the bad weather that often roils New England waters in late September, feels that "heavy weather is Columbia's long suit." He admits his yacht is weakest with the wind astern but adds, "she's a bear cat to windward." And the saying goes that if a boat can go to windward better than the others, she does not have to do anything else. When polled, six experts who have seen all the races had some interesting observations...
...song, is shipping out some 60,000 platters a day (v. 30,000 per day for a run-of-the-scale bestseller). Already, at least 14 American artists have recorded an Americanized version of the song with a new title, Volare (To Fly), and new lyrics that bear as little resemblance to the original as they do to poetry. Sample: "Just like birds of a feather, a rainbow together we'll find." When they call their favorite disk jockey, U.S. fans hardly know what to ask for. But whether the title comes out "Domingo," "Nelly Blue" or "Blue Nell...