Word: hecticly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Horse-Collar Rescue. Whatever the cause of the mishap, the next few moments were hectic. One helicopter tried to snap up the Liberty Bell 7. The second could not come too close to pick up Grissom because of the rotor blast of the first. So Grissom swam 25 yards to a calmer spot, where the second helicopter lowered a "horse collar" and lifted him out of the water. Hurried back to the Randolph, he made his first remark seconds after stepping aboard: "Give me something to blow my nose. My head is full of sea water...
...striking contrast to the 25th Reunion's hectic pace, the members of the 50th Reunion class spent the day yesterday quietly remeniscing and watching movies of themselves frolicking at their 25th...
...Adman Erwin Harris, 39, who is still trying to collect tor an advertising campaign he ran for the Cuban Tourist Commission in 1959-60. Armed with liens on $429,000 worth of Cuban property in the U.S., Harris temporarily impounded two Cubana Airlines Bristol Britannias during 1960's hectic U.N. session forced Castro to fly home in a Soviet Ilyushin-18. Two months ago, Harris grabbed four Cuban C46 cargo planes, sold them for $36,000. Fortnight ago he seized another C46 and 13 boxcars of tobacco, released the leaf last week only when U.S. companies proved that they...
...years. The tape ran late so often that the warning clock that signals the tape's tardiness was lit for hours at a stretch. As active stocks climbed to new highs, brokers let out great whoops. Trading on the American Stock Exchange was also heavy and hectic, with the biggest daily volume (3,872,420 shares) since...
Jacob Meyer served two hectic terms with genuine distinction. There was little criticism directed at him. Most everybody was afraid to express criticism for fear of being accused of antiSemitism. Meyer's Administration broke the crust of old traditions and old prejudices. He left office on such a churning tide of democratic sentiment that he was able, miraculously, to pick his successor and have him elected against incredible odds: the first Negro President...