Word: ende
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...operation last week. Surgeon John R. Orndorff removed an egg-sized lump from his right armpit, as well as the index and little fingers of his hand. Dr. Grubbe had prepared himself for their loss by practicing household chores with his thumb and middle fingers. At week's end he had regained enough strength to renew his campaign for safety measures against the hazards of radiation. Said Martyr Grubbe: "Both Russia and America must stop exploding nuclear bombs immediately. I know what radiation...
...week in San Francisco, in two tense games that were not won until the ninth inning, the Dodgers beat the Giants twice. 3-2, 1-0. It was only justice: just weeks before, the Giants had taken the Dodgers in a two-day sweep. Standings at week's end: Giants in first, Dodgers panting 1½ games behind...
...motorcycle for the last spurt to the Arc. His time, including 4 min. for the last 4½-mile motorcycle dash: 57 min. 47 sec. "Sissy stuff," roared an R.A.F. rival. "I think the time can be brought down to near enough 40 minutes." That it was. At the end, R.A.F. Squadron Leader Charles Maughan, 35, got the last bit of ground speed from the motorcycle-helicopter system, picked up precious minutes by flying a transonic Hawker Hunter jet on the long cross-Channel air leg. His winning time...
...merchant ("I haven't had a vacation in 24 years and I'm proud of it!"). Brother and his wife (Thelma Ritter) try to fix him up with a nice widow (Eleanor Parker). The rest of the script is farced and furious until, at picture's end, Brother stops pinching pennies, Frankie stops pinching the girl upstairs, and the whole family, including the widow, fade out, frolicking in the sand...
...Negotiator R. Conrad Cooper called "loafing, featherbedding and unjustifiable idle time." The railroad industry, worst feathered of the lot, has pledged an all-out assault against make-work when contract talks open this fall. In the oil industry, the American Oil Co. has taken a month-long strike to end featherbedding that costs, it says, more than $8,000,000 a year...