Word: making
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pennington did not think bankers had done all they could to forestall thefts; in many cases, he said, even a cursory check would have shown that the employees involved had been living far beyond their means. The FBIman suggested that bankers make a practice of giving their bookkeepers and tellers their vacations "during the period when statements are forwarded or passbooks balanced"-and check...
...lavish tastes and enough oil wells to gratify them, was quite pleased with the diamond-buckled gold belt which Dallas' Linz Bros, had sold him "to wear with slacks." But his pet grey poodle, Toto, was troubled: his unruly hair kept tumbling into his eyes. Could Linz Bros, make Toto happy, too? It could, indeed. Last week, having fixed Toto's bangs with a set of silver barrettes (and a $250 diamond-studded white-gold set for Sundays), Linz Bros, was designing a Western-style dog collar for De Blanco's approval. It would have ruby-studded...
...want to paint a tree," gruff Sir Alfred had snorted at a recent R.A. banquet, "for heaven's sake make it look like a tree!" Matisse's La Forêt (in London's Tate Gallery) did not look a bit like trees to Sir Alfred. Argued Matisse, why should it? Such "material truth," he said, might as well be left to photography. The truth modern painters like himself are after is something else again; it "comes out of the mind of the artist . . . the sentiment of an artist moved by the spectacle of nature...
Difficulty in estimating the shrinkage may make the Class of 1953 as low as 1050 or as high as 1150. The Committee will actually send letters of acceptance to about 1375 boys, and count on the customary 20 percent to drop...
This year the Committee will have a tougher estimate to make than usual. The College Entrance Examination Board has changed its preference-listing system, so that now a high-school student can list up to three colleges as his first choice...