Search Details

Word: chauffeur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...shingle in Chicago 51 years ago. His medical practice grew quickly, eventually became one of Chicago's largest. The growth was helped somewhat in later years by his souped-up Lincoln which got him to out-of-town calls at a spectacular clip. He hired as chauffeur a former policeman who had driven in the Indianapolis speedway races. Says Schmidt: "I don't believe in doctors driving cars. I don't believe in women driving cars, either-although the present Mrs. Schmidt [his second wife] is a good driver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Crusader | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

Each weekday morning Louis St. Laurent was up at 8:30. After breakfast, Chauffeur Franços Dion, who has been with the family 26 years, drove him to his old law office in the Price Building, where his two lawyer sons carry on the family practice. He chatted with them about their cases, talked with the local politicians who dropped in, kept in touch with Ottawa by phone. He turned aside political questions. When a reporter asked him if he thought that he would be reelected, he cracked: "I think people are tired of extraordinary men and of extraordinary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE PRIME MINISTRY: Family Party | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

Welcome. The show on Pennsylvania Avenue began at 2 minutes to 5. The Secretary of State's glittering limousine (U.S. Government license 120) slid to a stop at the Blair House canopy. The Negro chauffeur got out, raced the Blair House doorman for the rear-door handle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Over the Teacups | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...Chauffeur's Callus. Modern man's feet, says Dr. Lewi, get too little exercise but are overworked in other ways. For example, driving an automobile too much can cause a painful callus called "chauffeur's foot." Dr. Lewi keeps his own feet and leg muscles in shape by walking up & down from his fourth-floor office. He has never had any trouble with his feet, except for a corn back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Best Foot Forward | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

Last week all Athens knew why. Some years ago middle-aged Stavroula had married her handsome young chauffeur, a staunch Communist. A divorce was soon arranged, and the affair seemed forgotten. The party, however, has a long memory-and Stavroula had been issued a party card...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Front Woman | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Next