Word: ear
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were accepted, Sherm made it as nice as could be. Regulars soon learned his coded hand signals and chuckled knowingly when the Coke-drinking, table-hopping host pulled his ear. That meant that a watching waiter should call him to the phone. A pull at his nose meant, "These are unimportant people-don't cash any checks for them." Favored guests were lavished with everything from an orchid to a car (he gave away more than two dozen over the years...
Many parents are outraged. They ar gue that young girls should not wear any kind of earrings, let alone a type that might permanently scar their ear lobes. Other parents point out that in order to hide the hole, most of the girls wear their earrings all the time, even when they look ridiculous. Comments the headmistress of a boarding school in Lake Forest, Ill.: "Earrings are fine for parties and dates, but not for bending over algebra...
...girls argue that their airy lobes will save Daddy money because earrings can no longer fall down side walk gratings or get left behind in telephone booths (what woman leaves a regular earring on her telephone ear while calling?). Moreover, they argue - with some reason - that pierced earrings are by far the most attractive ones available. Fanciest are the ethereal antique candelabra and gypsy gewgaws, but most popular are the simple gold, pearl or jade "buttons" - perhaps be cause they do not catch on sweaters...
...thousand compositions. Ormandy says he developed his powers of total recall as a child in his native Budapest. Father was a dentist who was determined that his son should be a great violinist. So while he drilled away on patients' teeth in the front room, he kept an ear cocked to be sure that young Jeno (Hungarian for Eugene) was grinding away on his violin in the rear. "I hit on the idea of memorizing the music," explains Ormandy, "so that I could read novels as I practiced. It came easy and has been ever since...
...other onstage, say hall is glorified $17.7 million pinball machine. Mood of pessimism pervades. Rumors circulate that visiting orchestras are going to boycott splendorous blue-and-gold hall in favor of mellow surroundings of Carnegie Hall. Soloists panic, talk of canceling performances. Hall management says it takes time for ear to adapt. Hall Acoustician Leo Beranek, who spent four years studying 54 of world's finest concert and opera houses in preparation, pleads: "I predicted in the beginning that it would take a year to get the hall into its ultimate condition." Lincoln Center President William Schuman says: "Help...