Word: boatful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stir up more trouble for their favorite campaign target, Vice President Nixon, by inviting a sudden-death competition in their own ranks. Immediately after the convention nominated him, Stevenson went to a two-room suite (decorated with prints of American birds, e.g., the black-billed cuckoo and the boat-tailed grackle) in the Stock Yard Inn, next to the convention amphitheater, to talk over his decision with Democratic leaders...
HYDROFOIL USE may increase as Grumman Aircraft, largest U.S. amphibious plane manufacturer, acquires half-interest (for about $250,000) in Long Island's Dynamic Developments, Inc., a hydrofoil research organization. Hydrofoil (a finlike device) operates in water like airplane wings, using hydrodynamic pressures to lift hull so that boat or seaplane rides on stilts with minimal resistance, making possible faster speed, smoother ride, faster takeoff...
Massachusetts' John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Trademarked by his boyishly unruly shock of brown hair, slim Jack Kennedy, 39, has looks, brains, personality, an attractive wife (who is expecting her first baby in October). He has a fine World War II record as a PT-boat skipper in the Pacific, a noteworthy vote-getting ability in a pivotal state (he defeated Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. by 70,700 votes in 1952), reputation as an able, independent-thinking, middle-of-the-road member of both House (1946-52) and Senate. If the Democrats are to make their big pitch...
With the Creole (which he sailed in last month's Torquay-Lisbon race) and his "little boat," the 103-ft. auxiliary schooner Eros, Niarchos has cruised effortlessly into international society. He has become a patron of the arts (he paid $300,000 for El Greco's Pieta) and the sport of kings (his 18-horse stable includes Nashua's dam, Segula). A lover of good food and wine, he has been known to explain to dallying guests, as he heads for the dining room: "My cook doesn't like to be kept waiting." He likes...
Comfortably sipping a victory martini out of one of his galley's plastic cups, Skipper Geib sounded off with pride, "This is a helluva boat," and flung a challenge to the current hot boat on the saltwater circuit. Bermuda Racewinner Finisterre. Said he: "What with Finisterre and Figaro, a lot of people are saying that the day of the keel boat is over-that the centerboarders are the new thing. I'd like to see Finisterre come out here and race on the Great Lakes. I think we could give her a run for her money. Sure, bring...