Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Agog with glory after his fast tour as a "freelance newsman" trailing Fidel Castro's rebels in bar-bereft Cuba, where his trained eye zeroed in on the local frails, thirsted mightily for a stiffer mode of life ("Water to me is undrinkable"), and scribbled notebooks full of tidbits for a biography of Hero Fidel ("We're on a first-name basis"), paunchy Cinemactor Errol Flynn, 49, swashbuckled into Manhattan to praise his friend. "I've admired this man for at least two years," said Flynn, leaning heavily on the Disneylandish bar (fuchsia with pink lights...
Later, he got Eaton a position in a utility company. Eaton learned the business so fast that he was able to build a power plant in Canada a few years later. By mergers and purchases, he shortly controlled a utilities complex in which $2 billion was invested. By 1925 he was so rich that when he decided to refinance a small steelmaker called Trumbull Steel Co., he could say: "Gentlemen, if you have any doubt about my ability to underwrite the financing, just call the Cleveland Trust Co. and ask whether my check for $20 million will be honored." Five...
...present crisis in U.S. foreign policy has resulted from "incredibly fast-moving and dangerous world problems" and "powerful inertias working to stop us from adapting ourselves to this fast-moving scene," former secretary of the Air Force Thomas F. Finletter told 400 people in Sanders Theatre last night...
...fast Rudy LaRusso poured in 27 points to lead a big, fast Dartmouth quintet to a 74-56 triumph over the varsity before a capacity crowd last night at the I.A.B...
...points while holding the varsity scoreless. Spearheaded by Walt Sosnowski, who tallied 13 of his 18 markers in the second half, the Big Green operated from a brilliant 2-1-2 zone defense, stealing the ball repeatedly from Mike Donohue, George Harrington, and Bob Repetto and starting fast breaks that inevitably resulted in easy baskets...