Word: mid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nbergs made Their money honestly enough, in trade, In trolley-cars, in diamonds, bonds, or beer, Banking, or railroads, well-established here By the mid-Eighties, in an atmosphere Of opulence, unquestionably graced With what their times and peers would call good taste, Arbiters of suburban etiquette, Leaders of the town-and-country set. They learned to adapt themselves to wearing spats, Frock-coats, striped morning-trousers, bowler hats, They learned to give high teas, to ride to hounds, To keep within the proper meets and bounds, Were public-spirited, would patronize, Most lavishly, the decent charities; Noblesse oblige. Somewhere...
...mid-afternoon one of the policemen was squatting down next to some bearded youth having a butt and rapping amiably while two others were getting a free lunch at the hot dog stand. Even when Mr. Moynihan (former editor of the Nickle Muse and not to be confused with Daniel Patrick) and a ladyfriend tried to levitate three uniformed officers by dancing barefoot around them in a little known American Indian ritual--they were tolerantly bemused...
Larry Cetrulo was the best passer on the freshman team last year. Not as good a runner as O'Grady or as effective a leader as Kelly, Cetrullo's weakness is his lack of experience. He didn't start a game last year, and a mid-season rib injury sidelined him for three games...
...stage in U.C.L.A.'s Royce Hall last week, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Conductor Zubin Mehta got ready to play. Unlike most concertgoers, the audience fastened its attention not on the musicians but on Syn-Ket, a strange instrument set on a table in mid-stage...
...mid-June, the 125 participating brokerage firms will be called on to deposit with the C.C.S. their Street-name certificates in all Big Board stocks beginning with the letters A through C. Shares in the rest of the stocks will be deposited in alphabetical order by the end of the year. Utilizing three IBM 360 computers and employing 500 office workers, the C.C.S. will handle transactions in much the same way that banks clear checks. When stock is traded, its computers will debit the account of the firm doing the selling, credit the account of the buyer. Transfers will thus...