Word: box
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been the American custom to assume a person innocent unless proven guilty. From all that I have read, Mr. Furtwängler was cleared by a court which I must assume had all the records, and it seems a pretty sorry business that a group of musicians high in box-office estimation feel that they know better...
...rest of the show is pretty to look at. The costumes, sets and dances are glossy and gay. But all this is hardly more than a nice silk lining for an empty box...
That night TV went to the Inaugural Ball, reported drama in the hush before the President's entrance, when a sea of faces turned toward the presidential box and the only sound was the faint worrying of a guitar's strings as the Marine Band waited to strike up Hail to the Chief...
...President proved the outstanding star of a good show. Time after time, TV showed Harry Truman in a folksy moment : as he got into his overcoat after the speech on Capitol Hill, when he sat in the wrong seat in the presidential box and, with unflustered stolidity, moved to the right one. The star* even managed to give his white tie and tails the informal look of a comfortable business suit...
...small, shabby auditorium of Tokyo's Scholars' Building, 210 of Japan's best scientists relaxed last week with tall bottles of beer and box lunches of rice balls, cold fish and pickles. Like most Japanese, they wore cracked shoes and frayed trousers, but they had good reason to feel proud of themselves. This was Japan's brand-new Science Council, democratically elected by 33,000 of Japan's recognized scientists...