Word: packs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Barry did little to brighten his image when he spoke in Washington before a luncheon of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-presumably, an organization that should approve Goldwater's conservatism. Goldwater delivered his talk with a wooden touch, droned a pack of hazy platitudes, drew warm but hardly tumultuous applause when he was through-and caused worried murmurings among some Chamber men who had been...
...taken by the Syracuse party. The Club, aided by excellent weather conditions, covered the ground in only three day's Only one other group before them was able to do it in this time. Presently, however, high winds, a vicious blizzard, zero visibility, and an extremely heavy ice pack which blankets the upper half of the White Mountains are hampering the search effort, which involves an estimated 50 searchers...
...married Arlette Paraf, a niece of the great art dealer Georges Wildenstein, and no longer had to run with the pack. Just before World War II, Seligmann, a gentle, elegant, bookish man, emigrated to the U.S., where he and his wife lived on a roomy farm near Sugar Loaf, N.Y. He designed ballet costumes and scenery occasionally, painted steadily, and grew increasingly interested in black magic. He acquired a 300-volume library of occult literature. He even wrote an extensive survey of wizardry, Mirror of Magic, and admitted that his paintings were often a reflection of it. "I have interpreted...
...Anyone who smokes is a damn fool." The Boston Traveler quoted a dental surgeon to the effect that smoking broils the palate, "just like a piece of meat on a grill." In Detroit, the News front-paged the decision of a mother of 14 children-" 'PACK-A-DAY' MOM SAYS SHE'LL QUIT"-alongside a family portrait showing the mother blithely puffing away. The Chicago Daily News asked Social Arbiter Amy Vanderbilt if a gentleman should now offer a lady a safe cigar. Miss Vanderbilt's decree: "Absolutely...
Rushed by Air. The cigarette makers' pack of troubles meant opportunity for others. Sales of cigars rose across the U.S., and cigar stocks climbed on the major stock exchanges. Tobacconists everywhere reported an unprecedented surge in the sales of pipes; demand for bejeweled little pipes for ladies multiplied so fast that distributors rushed their shipments by air freight. Among the biggest gainers were the anti-nicotine preparations. Bantron, the largest-selling smoke-curbing drug, could not keep up with demand from its distributors, and neither could Nikoban and Ban-Smoke...