Word: best
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge, mad-hatted Hollywood Gossipist Hedda Hopper, Cinemactor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) who in two hours guzzled 30 cases of champagne, chomped 30 Ibs. of phaji (spinach fried in batter). For his crowded frolic, Aly earned an approving smile from Old Partygiveri Elsa Maxwell ("One of the best parties I've ever seen...
...pastorate for almost 14 years, is known as the best man with a grease gun in the business. He has a phenomenal memory (which serves him well on a dais or a Double-Crostic), a lawyer's avidity for meticulous briefing, and relentless persistence. Elected president of Lutheran World Relief after World War II, he ranged Europe on a mammoth repair job that was just as much spiritual as material. "It wasn't just a question of relief," he explains. "Danish and Norwegian Lutherans hated German Lutherans; they felt contempt for Swedish Lutherans. No one would talk...
...somewhat impersonal efficiency-combined with a zest for combat and a habit of slapping his thigh and laughing uproariously at his own jokes-makes it unlikely that he will ever be voted the best-loved churchman of the year. But his ability to handle the workloads of several ordinary men is legendary...
...Voice of America, and various outlets in the Orient. But the nation's wealthiest educational institution was addressing an audience far larger than its own alumni. Manhattan Banker Alexander White, head Harvard fund raiser, stated the issue clearly: "Every American college is in serious financial trouble. Harvard is best off of all the colleges and Harvard is badly off. It is for you to decide-and then give to the college of your choice...
Lonely, lonely men of Harvard, Set apart from all the rest; Isolated men of Harvard-All because we are the best...