Word: herberts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HERBERT HECSH...
TIME somewhat regretfully denies Buchwald's allegations about its London bureau. But we find ourselves, as we have in many other cases, laughing along with someone who is poking fun at us. For example, in San Francisco last week, Columnist Herb Caen reported overhearing Novelist Herbert Gold describe how the TIME Essay is written. Researchers first dredge up all the quotations on a subject, he explained, "after which they are fed into a computer, and then a senior editor presses the button marked 'Profound...
...handle is Cheirodon axelrodi. Among the most expensive is the brown Discus, or Symphysodon aequifasciata axelrodi, for which hobbyists pay $300 for a breeding pair. Both of these, as well as about two dozen other varieties of tropical fish, are named for a burly, sometimes surly, businessman-scientist named Herbert R. Axelrod. At 39, Dr. Axelrod has been the supreme sage on tropical fish for so long that many people imagine he is in his 70s. As the largest breeder and seller of tropical fish in the world, he has amassed a personal fortune that makes him several times...
...Vanderbilt strolled into the casino to await some delayed dinner companions, dropped $130,000 in a few minutes. Another day John W. ("Bet a Million") Gates lost $500,000 on the races, then proceeded to win back most of it by playing faro until dawn. In the afternoons, Victor Herbert conducted concerts on the porch of an elegant hotel;-in the evenings, Caruso and John McCormack sang outdoors. Such was the summer scene at the turn of the century at Saratoga Springs, New York's celebrated resort for socialites, tycoons and just plain millionaires...
...last week filed formal complaints against nine airlines: American, Braniff, Continental, National, Northwest, Pan American, Trans Caribbean, TWA and United. The bureau asked that the carriers be forced to close their "separate and unequal" facilities at major airports. A separate complaint against American was filed with the CAB by Herbert A. Goldberger, a Providence businessman, after he was denied admission last December to the line's special waiting rooms. "I felt like I'd been sent to the back of the bus," he said...