Word: bit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...softer now." Caldwell sees his job as a writer as making him into a sort of vocal mirror. "I just try to reflect life. I'm not trying to prove anything. A writer, though, does have to interpret, too. I try to do it, try to illuminate a little bit, enlighten." When looking for a character, he looks for the one thing which makes him different, the part of him that's original. "I hope I have everything in a story, and sure, that means sex. It's one of the most important things in life, after...
...bit of news that the New York Times has never seen fit to print was a statement of its annual earnings and condition. Last week, in a detailed story on its financial page, the Times broke precedent and published its first annual report. With characteristic reserve, the Times announced that its ledger had been kept in good, black ink ever since 1896, when it was bought by the late Adolph Ochs for $75,000. Total profits...
...papers increased their lion's share of the total advertising carried by all major New York papers from 23.4% to 30.6%. Pitted against the Times, the rival Herald Tribune floundered badly. Its circulation held steady at about half the Times's, even rose a bit. But over the ten-year period, it lost 3.3% of its share...
Admit it: Class Day Exercises are one big nothing. Now in the past, it was another story. Then people could laugh spontaneously and horse around a bit; they could enjoy themselves, indulge in inanities, and afterwards feel no remorse...
...varsity lacrosse team ran out of gas a little bit too early yesterday, as a strong New Hampshire squad ran off seven goals on a swampy Business School field to win, 10 to 6. The game was originally scheduled to be played today, but the switch will pit the Crimson against Brown this afternoon...