Word: gould
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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American Vegetarian. For President, Brigadier General Herbert C. Holdridge (ret..); for Vice President, Symon Gould, a N.Y. rare-book dealer. The party is firmly pacifist and opposes the slaughter of "any living thing." "We believe," says Gould, "women should be childbearing instead of fur-bearing." The Vegetarians don't want to get on any ballot. "The only good parties are those that don't get on the ballot." says Gould. "If we got into office, we'd probably be like the Republicans and the Democrats. Only thing they have is power. And you know about power. Breeds...
...case is not as clear-cut as it might be, and I'm not sure the sponsor does not have some rights." To most newsmen, however, it was clear-cut: a clear-cut example of how not to fight Communism. Wrote New York Times Radio & TV Editor Jack Gould: "Particularly disturbing is the company's refusal to discuss Mr. Wechsler's dismissal . . . Instead of curbing Communism, [the ban] is helping it. For under the vicious credo of 'controversially,' one of the most articulate voices speaking out against Communism has been silenced on a TV program...
...sights on the target almost the first day she entered the Archives. It was then that she happened to discover a document concerning a man named Pedro de Lepe, one of the most controversial figures aboard the Santa Maria. A longtime Columbus enthusiast, Alice Gould knew that most historians doubted De Lepe ever existed. The document, she felt, furnished absolute proof that...
Researcher Gould decided that she would track down every last one of Columbus' followers. Some historians had thought that there were 60 men on the expedition; others said 71; still others said 108. By combing through Columbus' letters, hunting down birth certificates, digging up royal payrolls, Alice Gould finally set the figure at 89. Then she turned to the larger task of writing a monumental book which would contain a biography of each...
...jewels he might discover. For another, she also did away with an age-old libel on Columbus' men, whom historians had long assumed to be no more than a gang of ex-convicts. Actually, only four were ever near a jail. "Aside from these four," says Alice Gould proudly, "none of my men was ever convicted...