Word: mckinleyism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...club members get more climbing experience," is a bit misleading. Almost all of the men on the trip will be soundly versed in the wiles of mountain climbing, according to club President Harry Francis, who will participate. Francis himself led an expedition to Alaska's 20,000 foot Mt. McKinley last summer...
Almost overlooked in Landy's mile effort was a fine winning performance by 20-year-old Graham Gibson in the 440-yard event. He won the race in 47.8 seconds, just 1.8 seconds off Herb McKinley's world record...
...walls had come the portraits of Simón Bolivar and Ben Franklin, the etchings of early aircraft, the framed photographs of Sam Rayburn and Alben Barkley. Gone from the presidential desk were the familiar knickknacks-a piece of rock from the highest mountain in North America (Mt. McKinley: 20,270 ft.), the donkeys, and the desk photos. Said Harry Truman with rueful jocularity: "If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again...
Junked Cats. The Hanna company was originally one of Cleveland's "ore houses," built up by Mark Hanna, who became the G.O.P. political power in William McKinley's day. When Humphrey arrived in 1917, the company was thriving on the wartime boom. Humphrey was put to work unraveling the company's World War I tax problems and became an expert on all the details of Hanna's operations. In 1920, at 30, he was made a junior partner just in time to watch Hanna slip into the postwar inventory depression...
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (Rosemary Kuhlmann, Andrew McKinley, David Aiken, Leon Lishner, Chet Allen; orchestra and chorus conducted by Thomas Schippers; Victor). Menotti's 1951 Christmas story with the original NBC-TV cast, Menotti's easygoing melodies, and the soprano voice of twelve-year-old Chet Allen...