Word: belle
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sweltering evening this week, some 40,000 fans flocked to Havana's Gran Stadium to watch Billy make his second try at deposing the champ with the crown. From the first bell, Gavilan had Graham fighting just the way he wanted him to. When bullish Billy charged in, cat-quick Gavilan feinted him into leading, then countered with jabs as swift as the beat of a hawk's wing; by Round 2, Billy's nose was bloodied...
WHRB elected Richard S. Rosenbloom '54 president at a meeting Monday night. Albert L. Hopkins '53, was chosen vice-president, and Ralph L. Brown, clerk, Alan Jr. Bell '53, Augustus J. Fabeus '53, Hopkins, and Rosenbloom will serve on the board of directors. The new board picked Bell to be general manager...
...grew out of the cocoon stage. Meeting in Philadelphia in the shadow of the Liberty Bell, the Constitution party chose a Mrs. Stevenson of Connecticut as its leader and girded up its loins to do electoral battle with "the international conspirators for more than a decade." At the top of their endorsement list was Sen. Joseph C. McCarthy with the statement "Anyone who opposes McCarthy is giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the Republic...
Thus, in For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway described André Marty, French Communist leader who during the Spanish Civil War was inspector general (i.e., a sort of roving henchman) in the International Brigade. Behind Marty was another French Communist, Charles Tillon, recruiting volunteers. In World War II, Tillon organized the Communist underground in France. Among French Communists, Marty and Tillon were known as des durs (tough guys). Last week the tough guys, who in their day had purged hundreds of comrades, were themselves the victims of a party purge...
While improvements were installed last summer, about 60 percent of the station staff held professional radio jobs, including General Manager Alan J. Bell '53, Program Director Richard S. Rosenbloom '54, and Chief Engineer Augustus J. Fabens...