Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feeling is that anyone who reacts to a crisis by pulling a sheet over his head isn't worth worrying about," answers the lawyer...
...Sinclair Weeks: "Swell idea. It's a knockout." Chimed Agriculture's Ezra Taft Benson: "I'm no politician. But I think it's a great idea." Finally the President got a word in. "By golly, I like that idea. But it's pretty political, isn't it, Meade?" Replied Alcorn: "And how! Mr. President. But it's good politics, and will be good for the country...
Almost the Best. Last week, by his own exuberant calculation, Librarian Randall had "the finest collection of rare books between the coasts. It isn't as good as the Houghton Library at Harvard, and it's not as good as the Yale collection. We come right after Yale." Says Yale's Rare Book Curator Herman W. Liebert of Randall's library: "First rank-one of the outstanding in the nation...
WELL, IF IT ISN'T GRANNY IN TIGHTS, leered the London Daily Herald. LEGS, panted the Daily Mail. What excited Fleet Street was a novel slice of cheesecake: pert, serious Cinemactress Vivien Leigh, wife of Sir Laurence Olivier, and a grandmother at 45. Last week trim Lady Olivier slipped on a red satin bathing suit and black mesh stockings, made a slinky, twittery TV debut as Sabina, the talkative, never-say-die seductress-maid in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth. Critical verdict: Vivien once more proved that good legs are a ho-hum show...
...still has no degree in physics, and his Greek accent, Greek volubility and love of passionate argument keep him an outsider. (Asked for background on Christofilos, one top U. of C. scientist remarked frostily: "Well, my contacts have been with other members of the scientific fraternity, and Christofilos really isn't a member.") Christofilos takes his position in stride. For relaxation he drives his car (a 1957 Pontiac) or plays the piano loud. "For Nick," says a colleague, "all pieces are written fortissimo...