Word: branded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Century Architecture. The son of a professor of architecture, Hamlin entered the field almost by instinct ("Well, let's put it this way. I never wanted to do any thing else"), made a name for himself in practice, turned to teaching, became the bearded, debonair exponent of a brand of functionalism not divorced from humanity: "The pleasure one gets from perceiving character in a building is not merely a cold realization of the mechanical fitness of its forms to the purpose they serve; it is a definitely emotional reaction as well. The good building puts one in the right...
...called Don't Trust to Luck, trotted out some more reminiscences on BBC's TV in a chat observing his 75th birthday. The Beaver paid tribute to such old departed friends as Rudyard Kipling and H. G. Wells, reaffirmed his 19th century devotion to the 19th century-brand empire. With a sentimental tremor in his voice, he closed: "This may be my last appearance on television, unless I am asked again when I am 80. Now I must go. My friends would celebrate because I am in my 76th year. A strange reason. I will celebrate...
After watching the Army v. McCarthy hearings for more than a month, the strongly pro-McCarthy Chicago Tribune last week wrote a brand-new estimate of one of its favorite Senators: "In the course of the radio and television show, Mr. McCarthy has managed on more than one occasion to irritate his friends while confounding his enemies. It wasn't easy, but he did it. We have never supposed that he was likely to get a presidential nomination, and now we believe it is more unlikely than ever. Delegates to national conventions do not nominate sluggers like Mr. McCarthy...
...Quebec, a street in Montreal and even towns in far-off Minnesota, Kansas and Missouri bear his name. Frontenac's memory was also perpetuated in Quebec's famed Château Frontenac, by a statue in Quebec City and, until a recent brewery merger, as the brand name of a potent Canadian beer...
...name, chlorpromazine is a versatile and fantastically interesting drug to medical researchers. Peppery young (38) Dr. Henri Laborit, who darts from experiment to experiment in his Paris laboratory at Val de Grâce Hospital, used the brand-new chemical on animals late in 1950. He found that it worked against shock and produced the effects of hibernation. Laborit promptly organized a research team to make the most of these effects, and from its combined efforts came the "lytic cocktail." In this, chlorpromazine is combined with Phenergari and Dolosal to block the automatic nervous system...