Word: fanning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...snake. The biggest society, the "24," has 40 separate gangs; its chief rival, the "Zero Eight." numbers 30. Using the titles and ranks of the Chinese secret societies and tongs, the gangs have a "tiger general" who hands collections to a "grass sandal," who passes them to a "white fan." Led into battle by the "tiger generals," the secret societies beat up little boys on the streets, extort money from other youths who don't belong, and fight rival gangs with knives and clubs. In the past six weeks there has been a sudden upsurge in violence, with...
Whichever team ends up in whichever city, the new fans will have to have some hope of an occasional good season, or they will probably become as indifferent as the old. Typical apathetic fan: President Eisenhower. Said he in his press conference last week: "If the American League club here had a fighting chance, on the average, of getting into the first division, I, for one, would be down at a good number of their evening games to see them. If we could only have that. I am practically certain this city would demand that they stay here...
...acoustic method, suited for any kind of blast except for those set off underground or in outer space. With sensitive microbarometers and hydrophones, observation posts could pick up the low-frequency sound waves that fan out for thousands of miles after every nuclear explosion. Unfortunately, the sound waves are subject to distortion by such natural upheavals as volcanic eruptions, meteorites, landslides and even thunder. ¶ Collection of Radioactive debris that can travel up to 1,200 miles a day at a height of 40,000 ft. Touchy about having air patrols over their territory, the Russian scientists at first balked...
...love, but it is certainly more than one of those quick-cooling TV infatuations, one of those flirtations that wither in weeks, leaving only an old pile of fan letters and musty ratings. The fact is that Paar is less a comedian than a personality-and personalities usually outlast comedians...
...often write a fan letter, but I'd like to congratulate whoever wrote the story in the July 21 issue of TIME on The Music Man. It was brilliantly done from start to finish, and the cover made me roar with laughter. The article was just as great Americana as is the play...