Word: beatness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senator Bill Knowland is a politically ambitious man. He wants to be President. In order to beat out Dick Nixon for the nomination in 1960, he decided to come back here and run for governor. If he could beat out a popular governor [i.e., Knight] in the primary and then lick the most popular nominee the Democrats could put up [i.e., California's Attorney General Edmund G. Brown], he figured he would be almost invincible as a candidate for the presidential nomination...
...common chalice,* relied instead on church tradition. "I am not going to take any notice of the Board of Health," he announced, backed up by Kansas' Lutheran and Orthodox churches. "Our first loyalty is to the church." As for Director Wright, the bishop said: "Christianity can beat a sanitarian...
Wrapped in a package called "The Big Beat," Disk Jockey Alan Freed has long rolled across the land, introducing rock 'n' roll stars and keynoting gone music, with the express intention of inciting his teen-age followers to happy frenzy. Fortnight ago, the acknowledged "King of Rock 'n' Roll" rolled into Boston and set up shop in its 7,200-seat Arena. Almost 5,000 hip kids poured in the Arena to catch his 17 acts, including four bands, and starring Dreamboat Groaner Jerry Lee Lewis...
According to lightweight coach Joe Brown, Cornell will provide the hardest competition. The Big Red, however, beat the Princeton varsity by only six feet, compared to the varsity's length and a half victory last week...
...Princeton the heavyweight's will have a considerably tougher time than the 150's. It is hard to estimate the strength of Yale based on this season's performance. Under undeniably faster conditions the Elis beat Princeton last Saturday and broke the course record set by the Crimson the week before. Moreover, they have four veterans from last year's crew, including three from the 1956 Olympic crew...