Word: pair
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard-pressed Wilson now would have to give up one of the precious pair by installing his own man as Speaker unless he could talk the Tories or the Liberals into supplying a candidate for the job. The Tories are not likely to volunteer readily, for they would like nothing better than to see how adept Wilson is at one-upmanship when the House reassembles in October...
...monumental Henry Moore (TIME cover, Sept. 21, 1959) to fill the tall order. Last week the largest Moore sculpture ever made arrived-a two-piece bronze whose shells are cast as thin as a paperback whodunit, yet still weigh nine tons. There it lay, surrounded by mystery and a pair of slat-sided crates...
...crates were soon pried away to reveal the two sections of what Moore called Reclining Figure, wallowing high and dry like a pair of sunburnt whales. The setting would have made Michelangelo turn green with envy: a tree-dotted promenade designed for people bound for cultural experiences. Said Moore, 67, on hand to supervise the installation: "I like the idea of the space being surrounded by controlled building." The bronze will sit, unpedestaled, as the centerpiece of a 120-ft. by 80-ft. reflecting pool, surrounded by the elevations of the late Eero Saarinen's Vivian Beaumont Theater...
...runner-up in the U.S. Open, the P.G.A. and the Masters. He put the first golf club in Frank Sinatra's hands, tutored Joe Louis, Adlai Stevenson ("Short but straight as a string"), Rocky Marciano, Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Eddie Arcaro, and Sophie Tucker ("Anybody with a pair of hands like that...
...price of furniture and of men's clothing will rise about 5% in the fall, and several major shoemakers last week announced the industry's first general price rise in six years: about 5% on low-priced shoes and much more-up to $2 for a $20 pair-on higher-priced lines. Although food prices are expected to edge down again after their startling climb, people are generally paying more for meals in restaurants; some restaurants even tack apologetic little notices onto the menu announcing that they must add an extra charge to steak, crab or lobster dinners...