Word: nods
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Advocates of Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois and Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) for the Democratic presidential nomination disagreed as to the "practicality" of their respective candidates winning the party's nod come the July convention. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, professor of History, extolled the political virtues of Stevenson, while Paul W. Glennon, professor of Law at Northeastern, spoke in favor of Kefauver at a Liberal Union forum last night...
...best, is a pretty perverse piece of entertainment. Unfortunately, not even this can be said for the co-feature, Harem Girl, which is merely dull. This weird little mess features Joan Davis, an aging comedienne, and a group of obese Arabs. In my book, Miss Russell gets the nod over Miss Davis and Arabs...
...beaten the defending champion boxer, Bang Away of Sirrah Crest. Standing still as a statue, the Doberman moved only his head. He was keeping an eye on the judge. After only 15 minutes, one of the shortest final deliberations in Westminster records, Judge Sims gave the Doberman the nod. Storm promptly jumped up & down and pawed and licked his handler-just as if he knew he had won. Owner Len Carey bought him as a puppy, sight unseen, and has kept him in show trim by exercising him in Manhattan's Central Park. Carey, an advertising executive...
Brad Richardson will be in the cage for the Crimson. He and Nate Corning have split the goalie chores all season, but Weiland says because he has come to practice more often, Richardson will get the starting nod. "Richardson played very well in the eight to two win over Tufts," Weiland stated. "He made some crucial stops that turned the tide for us," he added...
...auto-da-fé was part of a campaign by Roman Catholic clergy against the "paganization" of Christmas. It drew an approving and thoroughly Gallic nod from the Most Rev. Maurice Feltin, Archbishop of Paris: "The Christian significance of Christmas is debased by this legend [of Santa Claus] originating in the dense Saxon forests...