Word: folsoms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most famous "oldest American" is Folsom man, known by his peculiar, fluted spearheads. These "points" have turned up in many parts of the U.S., and since they have been found with the bones of extinct animals, they are supposed to be about 10,000 years old. But Folsom man himself is an anthropological ghost; his own bones have not been found...
...After polling its members, the National Association of Purchasing Agents, which bases its forecasts on actual buying plans, reported that members look for a business spurt during the second quarter of 1954. ¶ Treasury Under Secretary Marion Folsom came out with a flat prediction that both personal income and gross national product for the first quarter would be less than 1% below 1953's record levels...
Riot in Cell-Block 11 has some points to make about prison reform, and hammers them home with billy clubs and screaming sirens. Doling out undiluted propaganda, the film presents a semi-documentary account of a prison revolt at Folsom Penitentiary, and between tedious explanations of its causes and effects, packs in some excellent action scenes. As a result, Riot presses its criticism of outmoded prison methods relentlessly in both dialogue and action. The effect is almost too strong...
...sheer propaganda, however, producer Walter Wanger has a masterpiece. The photography of Folsom's long, bare corridors creates an oppressive mood which is seldom relieved, and the contrast between the prison's cold mechanical routine and the sympathetic plight of its convicts is unusually effective. Wanger needed no stars to simulate these convicts, and except for Neville Brant as the chief conspirator, has none. Most of the cast has been supplied by Folsom's good-behavior inmates, whose rioting possesses a good deal of fervor and realism...
Then, in 1860, the firm of John Wilson and Son bought out Hilliard's interest and the name "University Press." Under the new management, with such men as Charles Folsom and Charles Metcalf, the University Press became nationally famous. Increased stores of type, ranging through Greek, Hebrew, German and old English, and new designs made an artistic reputation for the firm that equalled its business success. A chronicler of the University Press, writing for an alumni magazine at the end of the 19th century, said, "From the commencement of the present century almost all the original works of our greatest...