Word: chins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...young (17), undersized Plebe Sherman got an unfortunate reputation among upperclassmen. "Joe wasn't really cocky," said his roommate, "he just wasn't uncertain, as most kids that age are." Though many of his classmates had never seen a ship, the crew-cut kid with the square chin was a walking encyclopedia of Navy history, engagements and ships. In dining hall, when first classmen at his table fired questions at him, Sherman always knew the answers- and often in more detail than his seniors. "You're too smart; get under the table," he was ordered, and there...
...Tuesday conferences with his three assistant superintendents, he was a casual but cautious chairman. "Let me ponder that for a while, fellows," he would say when a ticklish problem came up. Often, chin in hand, he would seem to be thinking out loud ("Now, I'm just supposing that . . ."). Then, when he had weighed all the facts, he would make his decision...
...picture falls down in the intimate depiction of its commander's character. For all Gregory Peck's grizzle, you can't help realizing that somewhere below that clean-cut chin he has a heart of gold. It seems hard to believe that his men couldn't catch on to the idea that their high command had sent what was really a nice guy down to do the dirty work of restoring morale to a jittery unit...
...when the court convened after the noon recess, lawyers from the Her-Ex and the four other newspapers were arrayed alongside Prisoner Fowler. Judge Nourse, having stuck his chin way out, pulled it back fast before the Her-Ex haymaker landed. Said he solemnly to Fowler: "The record shows I adjourned the court until 2 p.m. tomorrow. The court therefore was not in session at the time you took your photograph. I feel therefore that the order I made sentencing you and finding you in contempt of court was not properly made . . . You are released from custody and purged...
Frank Sinatra, according to Gossipist Louella Parsons, had left home again, but his wife Nancy was keeping her chin up. "Frank will come home," Mrs. Sinatra was reported as saying. "He's done it before. I've got something that is too precious and fine to give...