Word: nielsens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After two days shaking off his Washington tensions, the President left for five days at the mountain ranch of his good friend, Denver Banker Aksel Nielsen. Ike had hoped to commute regularly by air between Denver and the ranch this summer, and had brought his twin-engined Aero Commander plane along as a taxi, but Presidential Pilot William Draper felt that the thin mountain air and the sudden thunderstorms made flying too risky, so Ike reluctantly made the 75-mile trip by Cadillac...
...presented the ten top shows according to the latest Nielsen ratings. My name was among the missing. Strangely enough, on the American Research Bureau, first honors went to your correspondent. Why don't you print both ratings...
...championship. He had wasted no time getting to the final round, blasting his way past such dangerous competitors as last year's champ, Czechoslovakia's aging (33) Expatriate Jaroslav Drobny, and the U.S.'s Parisian Playboy Budge Patty. Across the net stood Denmark's Kurt Nielsen, an unseeded surprise who had knocked over Ken Rosewall and Italy's Nicolo Pietrangeli to get to the finals...
Wide Kick. Once before, in 1953, Nielsen had got that far. On the way his temperamental outbursts had annoyed the proper English crowd. Now all was forgiven. In Wimbledon's crammed stadium (17,000 spectators) the crowd, always partial to the underdog, made the Dane a solid favorite...
Tony was too busy playing tennis to be bothered. His big game showed no weakness at all. His spinning serve kicked wide and pulled Nielsen out of position. His backhands ripped down the court. His lobs floated unerringly toward the baseline. Nielsen never had a chance; his booming serve was his only weapon and it was not enough. He ran himself ragged, and when the close calls went against him he had little energy left for complaint. The best he could muster were a few defiant glares (called "oldfashioned looks" in Britain) at the linesmen...