Word: froze
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Smiling her festivous best, Washington's party-giving Perle ("hostess with the mostes' ") Mesta took her place at the top of the reception line at the wingding opening of Philadelphia's brand-new $15 million Sheraton Hotel. Suddenly Perle froze, hand outstretched. Facing her: Perle's arch-rival in the hostessing game, elegantly gowned and bejeweled Gwen Cafritz. Perle wheeled, looked wildly around for an escape route just as an alert photographer recorded this historic moment of truth (see cut) for posterity. Gwen nervously shifted her white mink stole, swung her evening bag against an onlooker...
Riding easily behind far-ranging dogs in a mellow Alabama quail meadow, the mixed gallery of millionaires in fancy dress and farmers in ripped dungarees seemed remarkably lenient. No one winced when a dog, quivering at the smell of quail, froze into a sloppy point or broke before his handler's signal...
Lieutenant-Commander Radford, a bear on training promising youngsters, got a tragic incentive when his brother Charles, an Army pilot, was killed because a student pilot froze to the controls. "He always felt after his brother's death that people shouldn't do things they aren't trained for." a close relative recalls. "I've heard him say the Germans and Russians weeded out the poorly trained by letting them get killed in combat. He feels the weeding out should be done in rigorous training." Adds one of Radford's officers, with a different perspective...
...ahead at the half, 41 to 35, and was tied, 68 to 68, with the Army team until the last minute. Devens then froze the ball for 45 seconds, and the J.V.'s fouled Harry Weltman, who made two foul shots, scoring the last tallies of the game...
Grays finally pulled out in front, led by Captain Gordie Taylor. They froze the ball for the last minute of the game...