Word: meyers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...They invited 15 critics and connoisseurs to a "round table" to discuss the whole baffling subject. Among them were conservatives like New York's Metropolitan Museum Director Francis Henry Taylor and such ardent defenders of the new faith as James Johnson Sweeney and Columbia's able Professor Meyer Schapiro. After two days' discussion, the fog was thick, but an island of agreement seemed to loom in it. Last week LIFE tried to survey the island through...
Premature. The French handled for the U.N. one problem which literally camped on its doorstep-Garry Davis, idealistic son of U.S. Bandleader Meyer Davis, who renounced his U.S. citizenship in order to become a "citizen of the world" (TIME, Sept. 20). Young Davis pitched a pup tent across from the Palais de Chaillot. Gendarmes escorted him, somewhat forcibly, off the grounds...
Poor Mrs. Ann Meyer with her oven-roasted chuck [TIME, Aug. 30]. I can sympathize. As a bride I once tried to fry a hen which was intended for fricassee. If Mrs. Meyer will learn to braise and potroast, she will enjoy many delicious roasts, stews, Swiss steaks...
Family Affairs In Paris, Garry Davis, 26, solemn-minded son of bouncy Bandleader Meyer, had had time to think things over. It had been three months since he renounced his U.S. citizenship to underline his enthusiasm for world government (TIME, June 7). After a talk with his sister last week he explained why he might come back to the U.S. (the State Department will probably not be too tough about it): "It is not my purpose to create doubt and confusion...
...tying Pittsburgh Pirate runs on base, Brooklyn's Manager Burt Shotton put in a relief pitcher, then yanked him with the count only three-and-one. At the time, nobody objected. But in the clubhouse after the game, an ex-sportwriter advised Pittsburgh's Manager Billy Meyer to protest: the Dodgers had violated Rule 17 (a relief pitcher must handle at least one batter). Confessed Manager Meyer: "I pulled a real rock." Said Manager Shotton: "We pulled a rock." Agreed Umpire Jocko Conlan: "Everyone pulled a rock." The game will be replayed later this month, beginning with...