Word: hat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...theory, "but so at first were the ideas of vaccination and of men living upside down in the Antipodes"), a mathematical assessment of military strength by Frederick Lanchester (Newman notes that abstract theories of science often turn out to be quite practical, "as if one bought a top hat for a wedding and discovered later, when a fire broke out, that it could be used as a water bucket"), and the two-dimensional world of Edwin A. Abbott, inhabited by characters cut from plane geometry...
Agonized at the thought that a rainy spell can drive away his customers, André hopes for the best by wearing a Panama hat wherever he goes, prepares for the worst by packing an umbrella. The more his guests lose the more André worries. Last week, as the sun stayed out and gamblers kept gambling, André was doleful indeed. As he confided to a friend: "The man who bets the heaviest in this casino is not ex-King Farouk or Jack Warner. The heaviest bettor is poor André. He bets a billion francs...
Takikawa. wearing a floppy white hat and open-necked shirt against the hot Kyushu sun. promised to let the myths fall where they may. "Prewar history taught in the schools has been discarded as false," he explained. "A race which loses its history becomes a rudderless ship. That's the dangerous position Japan is in today. To get out of it, the Japanese must look facts in the face." To the local citizens who have always considered themselves heaven-sent. Takikawa bluntly said: "We will not distort or slant our findings to please you. If this sounds cold...
...with a birdlike face and trencherman's paunch. Son of a wealthy chemical manufacturer, he started out to be a diplomat, instead opened a picture gallery, where he helped launch the career of Salvador Dali. Switching to fashion during the Depression, Dior first made his mark as a hat designer. After World War II service as an enlisted man, he was one of Lucien Lelong's top designers when Textile Tycoon Marcel Boussac decided to back a new fashion house. Boussac...
...clinching evidence came last February when the painting was sent to Manhattan Art Restorer William Suhr for cleaning. He discovered that the panel had been heavily overpainted, the hat changed in shape, a cherry-red rosary made into a blue cord...