Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hear the sum of the whole matter-every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus...
...throw a "good luck" party to wish her well. Snorted Judge Frank Gusweiler, who dismissed the case last week: "It's unfortunate that a member of the teaching profession is subjected to this prosecution. This young lady should have some satisfaction in knowing her position in this matter has been approved in the community." Nonetheless. Roscoe's parents decided to slap Teacher Graner with a $2,500 suit to recover damages for Roscoe's bruised bottom...
...Hartack, unlike many of his colleagues, weight is never a problem. He eats outlandish combinations of foods?potato chips, pickles and ice cream, for example; yet he seldom needs to glance at a jockey's sweatbox. Nor does he need much sleep; no matter how late he bids his date good night, he sits up for an hour or two examining the past-performance charts to prepare himself for the next day in the saddle...
...position and then takes the shortest road home. Says Jimmy Kilroe with professional admiration: "You almost never find Willie in what they call 'the married man's position,' that is, playing it safe on the outside of the pack so he can get home healthy for dinner. As a matter of fact, I think that not enough has been made of the frame of mind of the bachelor athlete. The bachelor is without the normal, settling tendencies. The other boys, the married ones, the homebodies, so to speak, have an awareness of people dependent on them. All Hartack has going...
Self-Centered. In Canberra, Australia, the Customs and Excise Department, censor on all printed matter brought into the country, banned its own staff magazine when it had the cheek to run an article declaring that the agency was at its "lowest...