Word: mikes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reception for Mamie Eisenhower in Washington's Mayflower Hotel, a friend of Mamie's sister, Frances ("Mike") Moore, Mrs. Durries Crane, onetime ballerina with Chicago's Civic Opera, suddenly became aware of a horrifying coincidence: the First Lady wore a blue-and-green-print taffeta dress almost exactly like her own. In the reception line Mrs. Crane tried to conceal her own outfit with her mink cape, but Mamie spied the maneuver, gaily cried: "Don't hide it. I think it's pretty." Muttered blushing Ledova Crane: "It's not really the same...
...bouts, they hunched in their seats, intent and silent as a TV audience. Contestants could be heard coaching their teammates from far back of the ringside: "Use your right, Joe. Keep jabbin'. For God's sake, jab." And when Idaho State's defending champion, Heavyweight Mike McMurtry, was belted glassy-eyed, a spectator's voice sounded clear above the hush: "That may be the best thing ever hit Mike. He's been thinking of turning pro. I hope this'll cure him." For even the fiercest collegiate fan likes to look on boxing...
...important to Red China only as a jumping-off place for an attack on Formosa," Low said. "The U.S. should be given moral support . . . because of the importance of Formosa for the defense of the free people of southeastern Asia and even of America." As the other M.P.s spoke, Mike Pearson alternately twirled his horn-rimmed glasses and sprawled in his seat with hands in his pockets. He made no immediate reply to his critics. For the time being, at least, he evidently intended to stand by his rule-of-thumb for Canadian action. The rule...
...well prove to be the simple, secluded room in the Capitol that was opened last week. The room's purpose: prayer and meditation. Although sessions of both houses open with prayer, the Capitol has never before had a special prayer room. Three years ago Oklahoma Senator A. S. "Mike" Monroney. an Episcopalian, and Arkansas Representative Brooks Hays, a Baptist, introduced concurrent resolutions to set aside a place where legislators could pray or meditate without distraction.* After Congress finally approved last year, Capitol Architect J. George Stewart selected a small (17 ft. by 18 ft.) room just off the rotunda...
...steady goaltending from Dudley's Oscar Swenson and Kirkland's Gordie Lunn may give the Rineharts enough defensive strength to offset the Wintergreen power. Rinehart captain and center Paul Brennan of Dudley can also count on a pair of sturdy defensemen in Kirkland's Mike Moskow and the Commuters' Art Tallas...