Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Urged on by enterprising travel agencies, foreigners were crowding into every corner sacred to the English heart. Crew-cut Americans festooned with photographic equipment were everywhere. Saris and West African tribal robes drew only passing glances at such strongholds of the Savile Row sack suit as Claridge's and the Dorchester. The harsh accents of Sydney and Melbourne bounced almost unnoticed off the walls of pubs. Scots sextons helped citizens of Canada and the U.S. track down ancestors in their own quiet graveyards, while hairy German legs bristled stoutly beneath their Lederhosen at the changing of the guard...
...evening closes somewhat more cheerfully in the Court of the Duke of Athens, with the antics of Peter Quince and his loutish crew. This scene invites overplaying, a sin the Players certainly avoid. Edgerton as Quince, Waldstein as Bottom, William Trebilcock as Flute, Harvey White as Wall, and Karl Cook as Snug clown without hamming. And Bruce MacDonald plays the magnanimous Duke with special ability...
...males was unmistakeably a Princeton. He wore the traditional dark gray shetland sweater, button-down shirt, English-style gray flannels and cordovans. The other person was attired in white varsity-letter sweater, turned inside out, of course, freshly pressed khakis, white athletic socks, saddle shoes and crew-cut. "Probably a Yale," thought...
...about slipping down to the Chuck?" suggested the crew-cut with a knowing leer...
...opening day, Disneyland's assets amounted to $16 million, and Disney took careful aim at the vast U.S. family market. Instead of carnival-type barkers, he hired some 200 teachers as part-time workers, a ns-man crew to keep his park clean. When visitors complained of a 45-minute wait for a few top attractions, Disney spent more than $2,000,000 on new rides to spread out the crowds. Since then, he has conducted 55 public-opinion polls, each sampling 500 to 700 visitors to find out what people do or do not like. Biggest gripe: high...