Word: good
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spectacular clip. He hired as chauffeur a former policeman who had driven in the Indianapolis speedway races. Says Schmidt: "I don't believe in doctors driving cars. I don't believe in women driving cars, either-although the present Mrs. Schmidt [his second wife] is a good driver...
...toothbrush may eventually give way to the Orajet, a device developed by Manhattan Dentist Charles L. Hyser (TIME, Feb. 22, 1943). Like many other dentists, Dr. Hyser has long been dissatisfied with the toothbrush. He has told patients that it does not do a very good job of cleaning, and may cause "abrasion cavities" by wearing off the enamel. A year and a half ago he started out to find something better. Last week, having cho sen the final design, he was ready to start 500-a-day production in a Mt. Vernon, N.Y. machine shop...
...months the Metropolitan Opera had endured the barbs of its critics (TIME, Sept. 6 et seq.) with hardly a whimper. Last week, during an intermission of a nationally broadcast performance (and a good one) of The Marriage of Figaro, Met Board Chairman George A. Sloan finally started hurling the barbs back. Some fell in the target area; a few made bull's-eyes...
...Christian should approach Communists with love and good will . . . humility and confidence . . . [He] should be pro-Christian, not anti-Communist . . . [He] should approach Communists with intelligent understanding...
...smiling young Russian opened the door and said, "Good day." The man in the partisan officer's uniform entered and went straight to the rickety table in the center of the room. Carefully following the agreed formula, he laid out the things he had brought-five potatoes here, a quarter-pound of tea in the center, a handful of raisins to the left. Then the visitor nervously repeated the words of the code: "Your friend Sasha asked me to pay you my respects and to thank you for your kindness to his mother." The Russian quickly gave...