Word: hanging
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...longtime Baltimore favorite. A Johns Hopkins tradition attributes the following informal prescription to the great Dr. William Osier: 1) hang a hat on the bedpost, 2) go to bed and drink rock-and-rye until there are two hats on the bedpost...
...committee also attracted a rag, tag & bobtail of anti-Semites, pro-Nazis and others whom Wood now sadly recalls as "crackpots." Since those days, Wood has tempered his economic nationalism and is no longer sure that the Americas can let the rest of the world go hang. He is still a bear on Europe. He thinks Europe is about finished unless it exports "10,000,000 or 15,000,000 people." For that reason Sears expansion plans call for no stores there...
...uncovered a painting on the plaster. With the aid of a microscope they deciphered the artist's name, Philip L. Cheney '21, who had occupied the room alone in 1917-18 and was known as a recluse. Over the years, the artist has become well known, and his works hang in many museums throughout the country...
...first, to Japanese radio listeners, American-style soap opera was a popular import. But by last week the pleasant novelty was wearing thin. The sad fact is that Japanese audiences do not enjoy the soap opera's daily cliff-hang ending. As one top Japanese radio-TV official says: "They love intense drama, but it has to be short and complete...
Nothing very much happens to the Massines. Aunt Oneida suffers as her ancient bull terrier, Madame X, slowly dies, but Aunt Oneida soon has a new dog to fondle. Other Massines hang around their city apartments and summer home, chattering about the past, themselves and their dogs. The best of them, 33-year-old Edward, a kindly fellow of no particular occupation, startles the family by marrying an actress. This kind of thing is just what the Massines need, Novelist Stead implies...