Word: host
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sunday Spectacular (Sun. 7:30 p.m., NBC). Host: Bob Hope. Guests: Jane Russell, Betty Grable, Steve Allen, Marilyn Maxwell, George Sanders...
With the advent of the football season, '31 found itself in a position to support the team in a concrete way. A whole host of sophomores from the previous year's undefeated freshman team made the squad, led by a new passing combination, Gilligan and Batchelder. In its first two games, the varsity romped over Springfield and North Carolina. Hopes were high down at Soldiers Field. Then Army, led by its All-American halfback Cris Cagle, brought the varsity down to earth, with a 15-0 victory. The Crimson, led by sophomore halfback, Arthur W. Huguley, bounced back to trample...
When Queen Elizabeth passed out Birthday Honors last week, she awarded the Order of the British Empire to a Flying Angel. The Rev. Cyril Brown, 52, sports no wings and looks more like a white-haired Pat O'Brien than a member of the heavenly host, but the organization he runs is better known in the world's seaports and ship lanes by its nickname, the Flying Angels, than by its official title, Missions to Seamen...
Brass Whistle. The pace of the tour was killing. Panted Furnitureman Herbert Osgood of Youngstown, Ohio: "The hours aren't long enough." Puffed Wall Streeter Franklin McClintock happily: "We don't even have time to brush our teeth!" Host Osawa lost his voice trying to shepherd his guests; all but mute, he finally bought a little brass whistle to signal moveon times. The week's entertainment cost Yoshio Osawa a cool $10,000. Last week, as the diehard Tigers prepared to return to the U.S. by a globe-girdling route, Charlie Caldwell announced that...
...Because of the demand from contractors and do-it-yourself buffs who are nailing up 4.8 billion sq. ft. of plywood a year, plywood sales have increased 20% faster than even those of the booming aluminum industry in the past 15 years. Manufacturers have also pioneered a host of new products, from low-priced particle board, made of chips and shavings, to weatherproof, plastic-coated plywood and porcelain-faced colored panels (choice of nine) for bathrooms or exterior remodeling. The biggest push for wood products, in an era of self-service selling, comes from U.S. industry's heightened awareness...