Word: central
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...took his charge to the party faithful at the $100-a-plate Jefferson- Jackson Day dinner in Washington. He was in a cocky mood. "The central issue of the campaign last fall," said Harry Truman, "was the welfare of all the people against special privilege for the few. When we made it clear where the Democratic Party stood on that issue, the people made it clear where they stood with...
...story concerns a Manhattan artist, Joseph Cotton, who is striving to find himself, and the, unreal Jenny, or Jennifer Jones, who becomes his inspiration. He meets her first in Central Park, notes her pre-World. War costume and later discovers the newspaper she is clutching dates from the turn of the century. As he grows to know her better, the artist becomes more wary of the ethereal quality of his friend and there are several good scenes as the two talk about the future and the past, one never believing the other, but never really doubting. His Portrait of Jenny...
...demonstrated that there are enough first rate violinists around Cambridge. The few ragged entrances are unforgivable, however, and the responsibility must be laid to conductor Holmes. Judging by the success with which the Orchestra has filled its peripheral areas, I feel certain that the few failings of the central section can be eliminated...
...face of the Dining Halls Department. But this argument, which was the core of Heaman's case and has also been cited by Dean Bender, is demonstrably invalid. Does the fact that the University has its books audited annually mean that it suspects embezzelment? And is the central purpose of the Dining Hall Department to keep its hierarchy happy--or to serve the best possible food...
...boxer, a good-natured brute of a dog, was bred in central Europe in the 15th Century to whip its weight in wild boars. In the U.S., until recently, boxers were as rare as giraffes. Even 16 years ago, says one breeder, "you could lead all the boxers in the country into Times Square, say 'scat,' and they'd have been out of sight in the flick of your finger." Now, still good-natured but also smartly fashionable, some 75,000 boxers (costing up to $5,000 per pup) are on leash in the 48 states...