Word: branded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...loafers and Dacron hose have retained their popularity. The most practical shoe is still the Cordovan with plain toe. Contrary to common belief, Cordovan is not a brand name, but refers to any shoe made of horse-hide, the toughest of leathers used in shoemaking...
Northeastern has yet to win a game in its brand-new gymnasium, and the way the Crimson looked last night, a stronger team than the Huskies would have had a tough time against Coach Floyd Wilson's squad. In his first game as head coach, Wilson emptied his 12-man bench in an easy Crimson victory...
Dorothy Dandridge's Carmen has her best moments in the Habanera aria where she establishes the brand of sultriness which is to drive men mad. Miss Dandridge seems a little relenting for this demoniac task but her equipage is more than adequate. Harry Bellafonte, as Joe--nee Don Jose--relies too much on eye-popping and nerve-straining, emotional displays which the Cinema-Scopic screen shoves into the realm of the ludicrous...
...about the difference between foreign and American girls: "In choosing a wife, I don't think it's important to question her nationality, providing she's not Joe Stalin's cousin." A bit later, after a private rendezvous with Josane in his Manhattan apartment, the brand-new Brando emerged to pose for photographers in a green Tyrolean hat that suspiciously resembled a homburg, and he comported himself as if he were a rising young banker about to catch the 5:17 for the suburbs. Josane, pert with her carelessly gamin hairdo, looked a trifle moonstruck...
...League and collegiate football have come a long way since 1952 when college athletics were married by scandals. Since then football has regained the respect of educators, as well as enthusiasm of the fans. Perhaps too it is a more frustrating brand of football for the perfectionist to coach. But college football is designed for undergraduates to play and watch, not for older men to teach...