Search Details

Word: naming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Congratulations. to Mr. Alec Gushing on his wit rather than his memory. It seems that he or someone forgot the prologue to the Squaw Valley drama. Might it not have been more accurate to mention the name of Marti Arrougé, the young Basque who trod the warm earth of Squaw Valley through many young summers following the bands of his father's sheep, who lost his only brother in one of its clear lakes and whose nimble skis have caressed its every slope? It was Arrougé who was the original partner of Wayne Poulsen; together they supplied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 2, 1959 | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...have no difficulty with Miss McKenna's name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 2, 1959 | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

Among the various programs which have evolved, the most publicized, though not always the most successful, has been the parade of House visitors. In the past year these have included Robert Frost (Adams), T.S. Eliot (Eliot), Robert Oppenheimer (Lowell), Chester Bowles (Winthrop), to name only a few. But, even if a House manages to snare a "big name" in what Master Finley calls the "celebrity race," it has not necessarily scored an educational triumph. Under the pressure of crowded schedules, well-known writers and statesmen can not stay as long as they--or the Masters--would like. "It takes...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock, | Title: Frosting on the Cake | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

...piece beloved of high school French teachers, who are not in all respects exactly like the rest of us. The complicated plot concerns a disreputable lawyer who cheats others and who is himself cheated, and never would intrigue have been less intriguing, except for an excellent actor by the name of John Casey. Mr. Casey sweats not, neither does he strain. He plays the shifty Patelin as one of those people who, when they are not leaning against something, contrive somehow to appear to be leaning against themselves; relaxed, charming, and funny. William D. Gordy has directed a cheerful...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Three Farces | 2/27/1959 | See Source »

Throughout a busy life, the lady has never lost her avid interest in Radcliffe, which she calls "a school for leaders." The college presented her with a citation on its seventy-fifth anniversary. Later, her twenty grandchildren collected money and gave a room to the graduate center in her name. At the moment, Mrs. Cannon hopes other interested people will add to her own donation for a Mexican Room in the graduate center. "We should have a room from every country," she suggests. "I chose Mexico because I am so interested...

Author: By Alice P. Albright, | Title: Mrs. Cannon | 2/26/1959 | See Source »

Previous | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | Next