Word: following
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rebels. Mormonism, with 74% of Utah's citizens, is still the greatest influence in the state's politics. Utah's two Congressmen and both its Senators are Mormons, and so is Governor Herbert B. Maw. Mormon politicians do not invariably follow the hierarchy. Neither the Governor nor Democratic Senator Elbert Thomas are "church candidates" in the sense that they represent the church's ultra-conservative policies on such matters as labor and foreign policy. Mormon voters have a mind of their own, too. Despite the church's opposition they gave Roosevelt a majority four times...
...players take a deep undercut that throws the ball high in the air and stops it dead on the green). His tee shots are medium-long but uncannily straight. His putting ("an easy, relaxed swing with the putter blade square to the ball at the impact ... an easy follow-through in the direction of the ball and pin") is as smooth and precise as Willie Hoppe stroking a billiard ball. "It just takes practice...
From that day on, Walter Greaves and his brother Harry followed Whistler wherever he went. Strutting, dandyish Whistler was glad to have them follow. The brothers affected bis flat, wide-brimmed black hat and yellow tie. They even signed his invitations with meticulous copies of the famous Whistler signature: a butterfly with a sting in its tail. Sitting on either side of their hero at a life class, they seldom looked at the model; their eyes were fixed on the Master's drawing. Sometimes Whistler would roll a cigaret and smoke it; the Greaves brothers solemnly copied him, puff...
...opening series of concerts include a performance of Brahms' Symphony No. 2 in D minor on July 24, and the "Harold in Italy" symphony by Berlioz with William Primrose as viola soloist. These will be under the direction of Dr. Koussevitzky, while the final concert of this series will follow the baton of Leonard Bernstein, who will lead the Orchestra in Schubert's Symphony No. 7 and Stravinsky's "Sacre du Printemps...
Croat and Serb peasant leaders in exile endorsed the declaration. Czech, Austrian, Rumanian and Polish agrarian groups might soon follow. The U.S. cautiously refrained from publicly supporting the proposed union. Washington, however, was well aware that the union might become a useful link with peasant movements which form the main opposition to Communist domination of Eastern Europe...