Word: houstonian
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...share a rare combination of sensitive, creative intellect and administrative forcefulness. They met in the wartime Pentagon, where Proper Bostonian Cutler, handling officer procurement, "hired" Proper Houstonian Anderson* as a major. Cutler rose to brigadier general, while Anderson served as a Military Government staff officer in the Middle East and returned to Washington a colonel. Two years ago Bobby Cutler got President Eisenhower to appoint Anderson as one of seven outside National Security Council consultants...
...announcement came out last week, his old campus seemed to adjust quickly to the news. For many months, a large segment at Houston had been advocating a new philosophy : the university is a big place now, and it needs a big name to head it. The case, said one Houstonian, is really quite simple: "Kemmerer has built the school into something bigger than himself...
Barreling Along. Holcombe, now 59, has given Houston more than flamboyant campaigns. He has given it good, efficient government. Recently, during a barroom debate about their mayor, one Houstonian acidly denounced Holcombe. "Yeah," answered a man with a long memory, "but how do you like those mayors who come in between...
...five of the twelve tournaments in the recently concluded winter circuit; and breezy Ben Hogan, winner of the last three winter tournaments with an unprecedented total of 34 under par for 216 holes. The quartet was notable because its members were all Texans-Guldahl a Dallasman, Demaret a Houstonian, Nelson and Hogan onetime fellow caddies at Fort Worth's Glen Garden Club...
...were faced with the necessity of complete reorganization. They recalled that every presidential campaign leaves the Democrats with a deficit, precluding all activity for the next four years, leaving leadership in the hands of Senators and Congressmen interested in their own reelection. Few party angels are available on demand (Houstonian Jones appeared as an archangel); between elections the national organization collapses completely or in part, depending on the enthusiasm of the national chairman. It was no secret at Houston that West Virginian Clem L. Shaver had little love for the job, little respect from the party...