Word: greened
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...affairs for 1948, various things happened to upset the dignity of delegates. The Palais de Chaillot's elevator operators went out on a quickie strike, followed by the dining room waiters. Fire broke out in an unoccupied committee room. During the Palestine debate in the great green & gilt plenary room, a balcony photographer dropped a film can on Turkey's table. Worst of all, brash young Garry Davis, who calls himself a citizen of the world (TIME, Sept. 20, 27), and who has needled the Assembly since September, pulled a crowd of 20,000 to hear him speak...
Even if your painting flops completely, Churchill philosophically concluded, there is no harm done except to your own ego. "And then you can always go out and kill some animal, humiliate some rival on the links, or despoil some friend across the green table...
...sufferers was the takahe (Notornis hochstetteri), a bird 18 inches tall with a bronze-green breast and rudimentary wings. According to Maori tales, it had once made plentiful good eating, but only four were ever killed by white men. One was dragged out of the bush by a dog in 1898 and sold to the New Zealand government for $1,000. That was the last; for 50 years the takahe was officially extinct...
Barclay added that the Crimson's shooting had been adequate Tuesday night against the Big Green--26 baskets in 101 tries. But Ed Leede, the Dartmouth captain, was hitting on one out of every two shots he took, putting...
Dartmouth's slim, baby-faced basketball captain, Ed Leede, tossed in baskets faster than a five-and-ten-cent store salesman ringing up a cash register last night at the Garden to guide his undefeated team to a 72-68 overtime win over the varsity. The Big Green led at halftime...