Word: homework
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...face is lined and 6 -ft.-2-in. frame slightly stooped, it is not because of worry: he thrives on problems, Each morning, accompanied by his wife, he walks to his office from his Sutton Place apartment, usually carries a bulging briefcase full of last night's homework. He rarely goes out at night, seldom entertains, indulges in no hobbies, has never been known to take a real vacation. His desk is clean, his decisions swift, his temper always even...
When spring comes the weather is much more pleasant and the teachers give us less homework...
Blossom Dearie (Verve). Songstress Dearie chants the subtler changes on romance-'Deed I Do, Lover Man, Everything I've Got-in a wide-eyed, cuddle-up-to-the-mike voice that suggests she did her homework in places where nice girls rarely wander. "I have got eyes for you," she warns, "to give you dirty looks...
...most popular local daytime show, Susan was doing her first network edition of Susan's Show over 69 stations (Sat., 11 a.m. E.D.T., CBS). Unruffled and unassuming ("We must remember," she reminded her mother before air time, "it's just another show"), she mulled over homework in an oversized kitchen (to make her look even tinier than her 4 ft. 9 in.), and with her cairn terrier, Rusty, climbed aboard her -magic chair and soared through the air to Wonderville with much the same success as Judy Garland heading...
...labor force to man, equip, maintain and feed it. It also demands the unflagging efficiency, enthusiasm and watchfulness of the front-line crews and the steady support of the public during years of strain that know no letup. Whenever Admiral Radford gets away from his three briefcases of Sunday homework to take a drive with his wife Marianna (which is rarely), he must first outline his exact route to a duty officer, so that troopers can be deployed to bring him back in a hurry, if necessary. A crew chief in the Strategic Air Command is subject to the same...