Word: flocks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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McCormick trots home, the merry villagers flock on the field to worship the hollow where Mathewson feet have pressed, and all of a sudden there is doings at second base...
Unaided by such mechanical coincidences, a bright red 1956 Chrysler 300-6, owned by Outboard Motor Manufacturer Carl Kiekhaefer and driven by last year's N.A.S.C.A.R. Champion Tim Flock, turned in the fastest flying mile of the unlimited displacement (over 350 cu. in.) class: 139.373 m.p.h. Chryslers of the same model ran the mile at least 10 m.p.h. slower. To get such spectacular performance out of his big (340 h.p.) car, Kiekhaefer kept his highly trained mechanics working for weeks at tuning the engine, test-driving the car, turning the tires down on a tire lathe until they were...
Just before Billy Graham arrived for his big rally in the predominantly (80%) Roman Catholic Philippines last week, he got some valuable free publicity: Manila's Archbishop Rufino J. Santos warned his flock not to attend. The warning spurred more interest in Billy than the well-organized advance promotion aimed at the Philippines' 700,000 Protestants. Billy, on his way to Hong Kong, Formosa and Japan after his successful Indian campaign, did not seem happy, was diplomatic as usual. "The Catholic Church has been extremely friendly to me anywhere I have gone," he said. "However, I respect...
...inspired the 1946 creation of The Mother of Us All, there were other historically contributing factors. Gertrude S. and Virgil T. had long been thinking independently about the artistic expression of America's 19th century. They met early in the 1920's, quite naturally in Paris, where Gertrude's flock then and later included Hemingway, Sherwood Anderson, and Thornton Wilder...
...seems a sad commentary upon moviegoers that although the critics of the 40's raved, the public did not flock to the film. Perhaps the film was fascinating rather than entertaining. But if Welles did not leave a great impression with the public, he left the movie world an important legacy. His use of the wide angle lens, the powerful closeups, the switching from scene to scene via single objects (from the clapping hands of a husband to the applause of a political rally), and the attempt to get inside a personality with great depth and intensity are only some...