Word: l
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...probably know that Alger Hiss is suing Whittaker Chambers for slander, and you probably don't know that he's doing it in Baltimore. He is, and here's why. Hiss' attorney is William L. Marbury, of the Harvard Corporation, and Baltimore is where he sees his clients...
...shall now have this week's spelling lesson, courtesy of Sunday's New York Times. Question: How do you spell "circus"? Answer: p-s-o-l-q-u-o-i-s-e. Explanation: Pronounce "ps" as you would in psychology, "olo" as you would in colonel, "qu" as you would in bouquet, and "oise" as you would in tortoise. Put them all together, they spell mother. Or possibly cholmondley...
...Force's F-86 jet fighter set a new world's record for level flight. Skimming the salt flats of California's Muroc Lake, Major Richard L. Johnson flew the North American plane with swept-back wings at an average of 670.981 m.p.h. in four passes, matching the record he had made unofficially in Cleveland two weeks earlier (TIME, Sept...
Representatives of the college rested with a five-man delegation elected last spring. In addition to Houghteling, the contingent included Alfred M. Goodlec, Jr. '50, Robert L. Fischelis '50, Robert C. Fisher '51, and Paul L. Wright '49, an alternate originally who replaced Frederick L. Deane...
...stuffed animals smell one way or another," Barbara L. Schevill, curator of Mammals, reported yesterday. According to Miss Schevill, the four-foot cetacean was removed from the exhibition rooms when the sea-blue paint that covered it began...