Word: belle
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have become a nation of improvers, adjusters, takers-apart, putters-together, dissectors, bisectors, inspectors, assemblers and reassemblers. The average American proudly thumps his breast, pointing with complacency to our vast quantity of technologically "superior" wealth. Where are the minds to match the intellectual curiosity of Edison, Marconi, Alexander Bell, Henry Ford or the Wright brothers...
...looking forward to an active, vigorous campaign under his leadership." This time the reporters gulped. "Are you telling us," asked one, "that the President told you he would keep his hat in the ring?" Said Knowland, savoring every second: "I am telling you precisely that." Moments later the classroom bell clanged through Glatfelter Hall, and the reporters took the cue to dash for their telephones...
...Harrison reputation was growing among professionals. When he and Lilli co-starred in an airy drawing-room spoof called Bell, Book and Candle, Author John Van Druten, who also directed, declared flatly: "I think he is probably the most brilliant actor I've ever worked with. He is fantastically meticulous. He will pause to think out every suggestion, and then try it over and over again until he's satisfied. He will even try out whether to put his weight on his toes, heels, or on the ball of his foot when he is turning and delivering...
...weeks in a New York court and cost $9,000 in litigation fees ended up with a hung jury. Brought to the A.A.A., it was settled in five days. Cost: $507. Arbitration can also be expensive. Settling the cases of 226 workers discharged for "misconduct" during the 1955 Southern Bell Telephone strike cost an estimated...
South Carolina (20): Instructed for Governor George Bell Timmerman...