Word: nine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Opening the fourth session of Britain's 300th Parliament last week, Queen Elizabeth II for the first time delivered her Speech from the Throne under the beady eye of the television camera. In Britain itself at least 12 million of her subjects were watching; in nine other European countries uncounted lovers of pageantry took in the spectacle...
...Temperature. To leave things as they are is to leave Cyprus stalked by terror, rent by hatred, and engulfed by fear. In the past month six British civilians, nine British soldiers, 13 Greek Cypriots and three Turk Cypriot policemen have been killed-one a day since Britain, over Greek objections, began enforcing its "partnership" plan, dividing Greek and Turkish Cypriots in separate legislatures...
...motto of the second Earl Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby is Non vi sed arte (Not by force but by art). His arms include a beehive beset by nine bees volant, his crest a demilion gules holding in the dexter paw a crescent or. Last week an artful bee volant from Hoboken was buzzing about the prettiest hive ever to bear the illustrious Beatty name. Frank Sinatra, who recently proved in Madison, Ind. (TIME, Aug. 25) that he puts on some of his most striking performances offscreen, was being demilionized by London society and demi-society, while...
...records for touchdowns (18) and total rushing yardage (1.146) set by Philadelphia's Steve Van Buren in the 19403. In six games Brown has piled up 15 touchdowns, gained 928 yards, been the prime mover in the Cleveland Browns' try for their eighth division championship in nine years...
...merchandising. Once only fly-by-nighters in dingy back streets offered fake bargains. Today, in trying to keep up with the discount houses, even old established merchants resort to price trickery. The problem is so bad that the Federal Trade Commission last month came out with a nine-point "Guides Against Deceptive Pricing," aimed at getting merchants and manufacturers to cooperate to force more honesty back into price advertising. Unless something is done, FTC Chairman John Gwynne told Manhattan's Radio and Television Executives Society, retailers may wake up to find they have "destroyed the confidence of the buying...