Word: happen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gardner and Frank Sinatra dealt with the "gentlemen of the press!" It happened in Australia, but it should happen here-and more often. It is heartening then to see two people such as Ava and Frankie stand up to the arrogant reporters and photographers. When they tell them off, these two of my favorite people are, I am sure, speaking for millions...
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION: That Mrs. Luce should have allowed her anger to renew the row after it had been settled in her favor is difficult to understand.We happen to be one of Mrs. Luce's admirers. She did a fine job as American Ambassador to Italy. She is one of the nation's most able women. But we think she was wise to resign...
...thing that happened to Wadsworth in the very first inning should never happen to any pitcher. After allowing a long, lead-off triple, the stocky right-hander bore down and struck out the number-two Brown hitter, and then got the three and four men to hit easy infield grounders. These should have been routine "outs," but instead they resulted in an aggregate of three errors by Crimson fielders...
...McClellan for a sterner labor bill in defense of rank-and-file rights; Kennedy lost face; Humphrey, in absentia, looked silly. And on close second look Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Baines Johnson, famous for his deft control of the Senate, looked like the man who had let it all happen. Wags whispered that his L.B.J. initials meant "Let's Block Jack...
...Some bilious editorial apologete will darkly ask: 'How does it happen that from the volunteers among our 80,000 military pilots, not one Catholic filtered through the Space Curtain?' 2) Some communion breakfast orator will harangue the Knights: '. . . Columbus et al. were of our faith. Are the Niñas, Pintas and Santa Marias of the cosmic seas to be piloted solely by heretic helmsmen?' 3) A Catholic educator will demand a look-see at the 566 'Who am I?' questions used in screening the fledgling spacemen. Were those questions slanted...