Word: ets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fact was that Washington, cherry blossoms or no, was shivering in a political blizzard that even the political weathermen could not quite understand. Treasury Secretary George Humphrey's warnings against big budgets (TIME, Jan. 28 et seq.) had whistled up a cold front of economy talk all across the nation. Just at the time when the Administration was trying to get appropriations out of Congress, the cold front clashed with the warm winds of modern Republicanism. Principal orphans of the storm were the Eisenhower Republicans in Cabinet, House and Senate. The principal happy onlookers, snug and comfortable in Taftite...
LINCOLN'S COMMANDO, by Ralph J. Roske and Charles Van Doren (3 1 0 pp.; Harper; $4.50), is notable as the work of Adult Quiz Kid Van Doren (TIME, Feb. 11, et seq.), a cerebral type who chose as his subject a man of flamboyant contrast. The man: Commander Will Cushing, U.S.N., whose raids up and down the Confederate-held coasts during the second half of the Civil War were the despair of Rebel defenders. Cushing was young and handsome, a braggart as well as an incredibly brave man. His superiors feared his escapades nearly as much...
Several instrumental soloists distinguished themselves, among them: flutists, Sue Alder and Cynthia Crane in the "Et misericordia" and "Esurientes" sections, and Michael Senturia, who played the oboe obligato during the soprano aria, "Quia respexit." The string section as a whole produced remarkably good intonation and tone quality. It is not surprising that the chorus was not quite up to the caliber of the orchestra since the singers were all freshmen. An unfortunate case of extreme flatting occured in the course of the woman's chorus "Suscepit Israel...
Greetings & Meetings. Wife Agnes, 37, gave English lessons to the Hiroshima Maidens before they took off for the U.S. for plastic surgery (TIME, Oct. 24, 1955 et seq.), last year taught a course in nutrition that featured 30-yen (10?) meals and American recipes for Japanese dishes. Meanwhile, in between a grueling daily round of meetings, greetings, speeches and luncheons, Fazl has found time to lecture at the university, spends two hours each week giving English lessons to a group of political-science students. He took time off on his 1955 home leave to persuade U.S. colleges and universities...
...skin"; none gives relief to last "through the night." The complaints gave the offenders 30 days to reply to the charges, set dates early in June for hearings giving them a chance to argue for comforting relief from FTC's decision to put the heat on Heet et...