Word: odd
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...generally approve of these odd balls she goes out with," grumps brother Kell, who is still national sculling champion and works for his father's company between workouts on the Schuylkill. "I wish she would go out with the more athletic type. But she doesn't listen to me anymore." Some of Grace's admirers fear that M-G-M may do to her what the studio did to Deborah Kerr-lash her down to "lady" roles and keep her there. Even after The Country Girl, the best M-G-M could think of was to assign...
...week may force the University to hire up to eight new student porters, Arthur D. Trottenberg '48, Operating Manager of the Houses and College Dormitories, said yesterday. Some of the new porters hired may be used to reinforce the present "crash crow," operating out of Weld, which performs, and odd jobs where needed, and which will do some of the work in Leverett...
...homegrown dramatists. An ex-paratrooper and amateur boxer, Serling had corporative experience only in a stint with Crosley Corp. in a low-echelon job After World War II, Serling wrote his own local dramatic show for Cincinnati's station WKRC-TV. Last year, after selling 20-odd scripts to Kraft, Studio One, Danger and Lux Video Theater, he moved to Connecticut where he is now working on a drama for the U.S. Steel Hour. Says Serling: "I'm one of the few TV writers who doesn't hope eventually to write plays, films or novels. I like...
...maiden flight of the D-2 was made last week at Mather Air Force Base, Calif. Six skilled air navigators went through all the problems and perplexities of a mission in a jet bomber over the North Pole. They struggled with veering winds, lack of landmarks, and the odd behavior of magnetism and celestial bodies in the polar regions. All this they did without leaving a windowless concrete building that contains a reasonable facsimile of the starry firmament on high...
...odd and striking book-the Greek text of the 8th century B.C. poet Hesiod, faced by illustrations by one of France's leading modern painters, 72-year-old Georges Braque-is making art news in Paris. First commissioned in 1932 by one of France's leading art dealers, the work was lost during the war years, was completed by Braque only two months ago. The $600 limited edition, published this week, was hailed as "a perfect blending of Greek classicism and French modernism," proof that "Braque is one of the great creative spirits of modern...