Word: nods
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...held up by a French official who seemed more impressed by the watchful eye of the local Gestapo man than by Dulles' impassioned references to Lafayette and Pershing. Finally, when the Nazi ambled off to a tavern for his regular noontime beer, the Frenchman gave Dulles the nod, and he crossed into Switzerland, the last American to arrive there legally for nearly two years...
...carried back & forth. The rumble of artillery still rolled through the building. Flashbulbs blazed and cameras whirred as the two chief delegates silently wrote. When they had finished, West Pointer Harrison and Nam II, schoolteacher in uniform, rose and departed without a word to each other, or even a nod or a handshake...
...University of California, O'Hanlon has a solid reputation in the West. He sells his work for up to $2,000, won first prize at the 1950 San Francisco Art Association annual. West Coast critics sing his praises, and now Manhattan's have given him a nod. His gentle little birds may not be great art, but they have the kind of rare, warm originality the average gallerygoer admires and wants to put on his mantelpiece...
Despite the graduation of captain Charley Walsh, McInnis has no catching worries. Last year's second string backstop, Dick Clasby, has the nod there, with sophomore Don Butters also highly touted. Butters brought a fine reputation with him from Natick High, but was on probation all last year...
Kenya looks beautiful this week. The Nandi flame trees are ablaze with crimson against the clear blue sky, and in the sky glisten the snowy crests of Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro. The giraffes gracefully nod their tall necks on the plains. Even the Aberdares, if you do not know what they shelter, could be called beautifully peaceful...