Word: opener
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lemuel as the ancestors of all colored races [April 13]. Actually, they are considered the ancestors of the American Indian, who is afforded full brotherhood among the Mormons. The Negro, however, is considered a descendant of Cain and subject to his curse. Negroes are thus denied the Mormon priesthood (open, in effect, to all non-Negro males...
...hope a helpful talk." Then he offered an unintentional assist to the Red propagandists by conceding that, while in Lhasa, the Dalai Lama had indeed written "friendly" letters to the Red commandant because he 1) was passing through difficult and troubled times, and 2) was trying to avoid open conflict with Peking...
...amused. Jean Amiel, 37, who taught English at the local lycée, rushed to quiet his five-year-old daughter when she awoke crying, after youngsters had slipped firecrackers through the letter slot in Amiel's door and they exploded in the hall. He went to the open window, glimpsed five boys and two girls running laughing down the street. Said Amiel later: "I saw only silhouettes. I didn't recognize any of the children. Suddenly I got the idea of surprising them or frightening them with a shot. I fired haphazardly. I never intended...
Moats & Thugs. A windfall came Sooi's way: one of his indignant tenants grumpily moved away. Sooi invited one Jacob Moerland down from The Hague to open a casino in the vacant house, for the benefit of Dutchmen who are not allowed to gamble in their own country. Later, an ambitious Dutchman named Herman Bernhard showed up, opened a competing Benelux Casino complete with free drinks, a parking lot and twelve croupiers. By 1954, five casinos were operating-though not always smoothly. At one point, Bernhard had a moat dug around Moerland's Woodside Club to prevent customers...
...British press missed in its effort to push Macmillan's leadership at Ike's expense: in recent months, President Eisenhower has been looking better, working harder and more effectively than at any time since his 1955 heart attack. And that fact was plain to anyone with open eyes, ears and mind...