Word: jannings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jan. 26, 1788, when British Royal Navy Captain Arthur Phillip mustered his sea-beaten "First Fleet" on the banks of Botany Bay, he came up with a tally of 756 convicts (including prostitutes, purse snatchers, forgers, highwaymen and housebreakers), 211 military persons, 209 chickens, 74 pigs, 29 sheep, 19 goats, five rabbits, five cows, three mares, two bulls and a stallion...
...epithet not to be taken too seriously. Avis is now a wholly owned subsidiary of International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. (TIME, Jan. 22, 1965), which gives it more monetary backing than Hertz has ever...
Already he has opened many doors for Harlem's Freedom National Bank, of which he is chairman (TIME, Jan. 28). Though his title is mostly honorific and the position pays him only $6,000 yearly, Robinson spends three mornings a week at the bank, also attends monthly board meetings. His other major business activity is as general manager, executive vice president and board member of the Brooklyn Football Dodgers in the Continental League. His main chore is to persuade rookies to sign up, and he has had remarkable success among Negroes...
...Boar's-Head Tavern, Mistress Quickly (Jan Miner), in an orange and yellow-green costume, sports an appropriately fiery head of red hair, but is otherwise forgettable. The tart-tongued tart Doll Tearsheet (Alix Elias), dark-haired and rouge-cheeked, has only her low neckline to recommend her; the monotonous and whining voice with which she delivers all her lines is painful beyond belief...
...Casper did it spectacularly. Once the "fat young man" of the pro tour, now slimmed down 45 Ibs. (to 180 Ibs. on his 5-ft. 11-in. frame) on an antiallergy diet that includes such entrées as buffalo steak and mooseburgers, Billy was converted to Mormonism last Jan. 1 and spent the night before the play-off attending a church "fireside" 35 miles from San Francisco. Next day he fired his fourth subpar round of the tournament-a one under 69-to beat Palmer by four strokes for the $25,000 winner's purse. "Ten percent...