Word: franklin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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LYNN MYERS Franklin...
...Manhattan, the first lady of Democratic politics. Eleanor Roosevelt, happily got together with her four far-ranging sons-John, James, Elliott and Franklin D. Jr.-for a rare family portrait. Then the Roosevelt clan headed for Broadway to attend the opening of Sunrise at Campobello (see THEATER). At final curtain, first-nighters gave a standing ovation to Mrs. Roosevelt, who had seen the play from the next to the last row of the theater...
...place where leaking news to favored reporters was long considered the best way to do business (in Franklin Roosevelt's day, Press Secretary Steve Early could do little but wring his hands at the sight of braintrusters passing secret papers to press pets-a sight as familiar as the White House flagpole), Hagerty discourages contacts between correspondents and other White House sources. His standard reaction upon spying a leaked story in a newspaper is a wounded-bear yell: "Good God! Where do they get it? Where do they...
...Greenfield, 70, who has controlled the sixth-ranking department and specialty-store chain for 26 years. Robb, who started at twelve as a stockboy, stepped up from heading Philadelphia's Lit Bros., biggest of the chain's eleven major links, which range from New York's Franklin Simon to New Orleans' Maison Blanche. An aggressive merchandiser, Robb will try to streamline operations while Greenfield concentrates on expanding outlets. In the six months ending last July, the chain grossed $120 million from 57 outlets in 15 states, but ended up with a $234,000 deficit. Also boosted...
Cornell, defending Ivy Champion, entered four men in the recent Wilkes Tourney, and all four won, to place Cornell second, two points behind powerful Pitt. So far this season, the Big Red has lost only to Lehigh, while shutting out Yale, and overwhelming both Syracuse and Franklin and Marshall, perennially among the East's stronger teams...