Word: oddly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Over 75 Crimson oarsmen, undergraduate and alumni, are jamming the waters of the Charles from Watertown to the basin in preparation for the American Rowing Association Regatta here this weekend. They are riding in all sorts of odd-sized shells from singles to eights and fly the colors of nearly every boatclub along the riverbank...
...queen bee. Inside, in the rococo, tapestry-hung ballroom of Anderson House, the President of the United States sat beaming before a heap of ten-cent-store toys and a big pink and gold cake topped by three candles. He puffed once and blew them out. The 70-odd guests-the Cabinet, some of the Supreme Court, the White House guard and their wives-applauded happily. House Speaker Sam Rayburn proposed a toast (in domestic champagne) to the future...
...bachelor who receives visitors at odd hours, La Pipelette can keep a discreet tongue in her head-for a consideration, of course. For the brave young couple on the fifth floor struggling along on nothing a year-well, La Pipelette might act as baby-sitter for one evening, and there would be no charge...
Groups of husky British MPs rushed to the locks in armored cars. After four days of discussion between a Russian general and a British brigadier, the Russians agreed not to interfere any more. For the Russian retreat the Communist press had an odd explanation. The Russians, it solemnly assured its readers, had staged the affair in order to re-establish diplomatic contact with the Western Powers...
...fact, for a good half of the 175-odd companies which had reported by early this week, there had been no recession; they turned in earnings that were even higher than in 1948's fat first quarter. A notable example was Republic Steel, first of the big steel companies to report. It had a 60% jump in its net profit, from $9.1 million to $15.2 million. Another example was General Electric Co. Despite a slump in the sale of appliances and an industrywide wave of price-cutting, G.E. boosted its first-quarter net to $26.7 million (up $1.3 million...