Word: gooding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have tried to explain the expanding universe, or to explain it away. The most consistent theories postulate some strange, long-range force that operates only at enormous distances, pushing the galaxies apart in spite of the attraction of gravitation. But no one has measured this force or given a good reason why it should exist...
...origins back to an admonition that polygamous Brigham Young delivered to his numerous daughters after dinner on the night of Nov. 28, 1869: "Retrench, retrench in your dress, in your tables, in your speech. Retrench in everything that is bad and worthless, and improve in everything that is good and beautiful." The Latter-day Saint Retrenchment Association, sparked that evening, eventually became M.I.A., which now has a worldwide membership of 367,860. Directors of activities contribute their services free, and often at considerable personal loss. One director traveled more than 5,000 miles in one year at his own expense...
...outfield, Colavito's mighty arm is one of the most respected in baseball. In fact, it is so good that the Indians have actually used him as a pitcher on occasion. A modest and religious man, Rocky admits he heard a fan yelling at him after the third homer to go for the record. "I looked up to heaven and said, 'Dear God, I'm not greedy. I'll be happy if I can get a single next time.' I always talk to God. He's been good...
Michael Ellis DeBakey. son of a Lebanese immigrant who had made good in Lake Charles, La., wanted to be a physician-specifically, a surgeon. Soon after graduation from Tulane University School of Medicine, interning at New Orleans' vast Charity Hospital, young Dr. DeBakey invented a pump that he hoped might some day relieve or replace the heart during delicate surgery. That was in 1932, and the inventive intern was about 20 years ahead of his time...
...Cover Eleanor." "All I ever demanded was results," Bach recalls, "and I got 'em." One reason was Teacher Bach's skill at spotting hungry boys with talent, most of them Depression kids with a drive to make good. For them, Bach's first aim was finding a fine camera: "In those days, it was like buying a diamond." Often Bach lent a boy the down payment out of his own pocket, persuaded a camera store to give him credit, found him odd jobs to keep up the payments. With a precision instrument in his palms...