Word: belle
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...newly-formed Lowell House Society of Russian bell-ringers disagrees with the 1931 news account, which called the bells a "white elephants." Believing in the cultural value of the "zvon," as a Russian set of bells is properly termed, the group has undertaken to insure its maintenance and improve the quality of performance...
...bell ringing has been pretty uneven," says Professor Parsons, summing up the reaction to his books. But everyone agrees that his influence is continually growing. Since he first studied under Max Weber at Heidelberg, the German scholars have been the most enthusiastic. He is also well received in England where as a visiting professor to Oxford he lectured to separate groups of political science professors, anthropologists, economists and psychiatrists. In America, he now ranks among the most influential sociologists, and his invitations to lecture include such diverse groups as the Yale Political Club, the Cornell Business School and the American...
...biweekly magazine called Christianity Today was announced for publication in October. In addition to Editor Carl F. H. Henry (professor of Christian philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.) and Executive Editor Dr. L. Nelson Bell of Asheville, N.C., the staff will have 42 correspondents and 47 contributing editors, including Billy Graham (son-in-law of Editor Bell). With advertising of a "culturally constructive" type, the new magazine will "articulate evangelical opinion and historic Christianity" in an initial 200,000 copies...
...Bell-Shaped Sheaths
Jumper-like sheaths with jackets are dressy enough for cocktail wear in hot weather. The newest style for the belle of the ball, however, is the bell-shaped look. This relative novelty in dressy styles is smooth in front, curves out from the waist, and develops more fulness in back...