Word: high
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Showing up in Atlantic City, N.J. to talk before an Israel Bond rally, Novelist Leon Uris (Exodus, Battle Cry), 35, recalled his record at Philadelphia's Bartram High School, said he had flunked English three times and was about to register flunk No. 4 when he enlisted in the Marine Corps. To Uris, who recently signed a contract with Columbia Pictures for four sight-unseen novels, the matter was merely academic, but "it's a good thing English has nothing to do with writing...
...plasma studies at Harvard and M.I.T. will be largely theoretical, but highly practical hardware is likely to grow out of them. The development of fusion power depends on better understanding of high-temperature plasmas. A plasma rocket engine expelling charged particles instead of hot gases may be the solution to the problem of long-range flight. During interplanetary voyages, a spaceship will pass through lashing streams of plasmas shot out of the sun, and its designers had better understand them well in advance. If a spaceship tries to land on a planet, it will meet another plasma problem. A group...
...Touring Europe to sound out old allies on the eve of this month's visit from Russia's Khrushchev, Eisenhower was hardly likely to spread out his cards to please newsmen-and let the Russians count the pips. Even so, British newsmen built up tall hopes for high headlines. And when they were disappointed, they turned with fury on the handiest fall guy: Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty...
...Bunkum." The mercurial British press blew its stack. "Fatuous bunkum . . . that would make the angels puke." cried James Cameron in the News Chronicle. "Of what really goes on in high places one emerges from that ludicrous marquee with a blinding ignorance. Applauded by many an American newsman, the Daily Herald's Hugh Pilcher wrathfully arose in the Hagertorium to fire some questions: "Mr. Hagerty. are any of us to take these briefings seriously? Are we going to hear anything about the great international issues, or are we going to hear simply what they ate and not what they said...
...idea nearly three decades ago, was soon followed by the rest of the industry-plus Coca-Cola, Westinghouse, General Electric, and dozens of other big firms that knew a good idea when they saw one. Seldom was the approach consistent: some companies concentrated on the soft sell, others pitched high and hard. Last season's Oldsmobile take-off on Broadway's Good News was the gentlest of kisses-and entertaining theater to boot. The songs were subtle, the plot made humorous sense, the verve of the Broadway original was still there. But this year's trend, possibly...