Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quite a social thinker. After one brush with authority-represented by an arrogant doorman-he reflects: "If we have to take to wearing bowlers before we can get a bit of simple cooperation from our fellowman, who shall not be spat on from a mighty height...
Langlie is a medium-height (5 ft. 8 in.), grey-tonsured lawyer who has spent 16 years as a reform councilman, reform mayor of Seattle and governor. At 56, he is ending his third gubernatorial term, the longest any governor has served in the 67-year history of the Evergreen State. Like many Washingtonians, he is of Scandinavian descent, with the blue eyes and sharp nose of his ancestors. His manner is easy and sincere; his smile is warm. But the keystone of his character is a deep, uncompromising religious faith...
...first, scientists thought that the moon would travel in an orbit ranging from 200 to 800 miles in altitude, whipping around the earth every 90 minutes at 1,800 m.p.h. but recent tests indicate that the moon may rise to 1.500 miles in height at the far end of its elliptical orbit, travel at 1,900 m.p.h. As the moon slows in speed, it will dip closer and closer to the earth's atmosphere until, inevitably, it will disappear in a flash of friction...
...acrobatic dancer, who was only too happy to serve as baby sitter while her daughter worked out at the Mitcham Athletic Club. When the London games began, Dotty was ready. Once more she was edged out of first place. (It took her one extra jump to clear the winning height of 5 ft. 6⅛ in., exactly ⅛in. over her head.) But her name remains on the record books. She is the only Briton who holds an Olympic record...
...Speakers' platforms are gimmicked up to catch both festival and brawl. A teleprompter will be rigged alongside special air-blowers designed to keep speakers cool under the TV glare, and a built-in elevator at the rostrum is being installed to adjust the speakers' height to the cameras (which are hard to move, what with delegates about). Instead of rows of dignitaries clogging the platform, only a few committeemen and VIPs will be onstage-against a bare backdrop. ¶ Republican Bertha Adkins, assistant to Chairman Leonard Hall, is handing out TV-inspired advice to the ladies: no large...