Word: bristol
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...infections in the newborn, ranging in severity from little ulcers in the mouth to a crippling encephalitis, were always believed to have been picked up while the baby was passing through the birth canal. This is not necessarily so, say Drs. Joe E. Mitchell and Fred C. McCall of Bristol, Tenn. They describe a baby who was born with herpetic ulcers on his skin and kept getting them for months; he is now handicapped by cerebral palsy. By diligent virus detective work, the doctors concluded that the mother had picked up the infection from her husband, who had a herpes...
...plot the course of British society now that the imperial ballast is gone, and the old class compass is out of whack. Both work in the theater; Delaney's A Taste of Honey was a hit play when she was 19, and Kops is resident dramatist at the Bristol Old Vic. Both are virtuosos at the art of self-dramatization...
...delegates were clearly impressed by the changes wrought in Roman Catholicism during the Papacy of John XXIII. Anglican Bishop Oliver Tomkins of Bristol, the Conference's presiding officer, declared that there was now the possibility of "a positive and fruitful dialogue" between Rome and other confessions. The Roman guests agreed, and Toronto's Father Gregory Baum even admitted that there was no dogmatic barrier to Rome's joining the World Council-although such a move now might be misunderstood by both Catholics and Protestants...
...commercial for Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry won a Clio at the American TV Commercials Festival...
They also have style. In the past year one gang has made frequent headlines by knowledgeable thefts of priceless silver from stately homes, whose doughty walls, it seems, scarcely quiver when burglars blast open the pantry safe. One victim, the Marquess of Bristol, learned recently that $56,000 worth of silver pinched from his mansion last February is now in Russia. Another underworld spectacular that fascinated Britons was carried out last year by eight dapper dastards in bowler hats, and dark suits and carrying tightly furled umbrellas, who marched into London airport, grabbed a $175,000 airline payroll, and beat...