Word: paired
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...world's most eminent heart specialists. In the pursuit of his notable career he has taken electrocardiograms of circus elephants, and once, in the icy waters off the coast of Alaska, he even recorded the heartbeat of a beluga whale by means of an electrocardiograph wired to a pair of brass-tipped harpoons (TIME, Aug. 25, 1952). Since the whale was small as well as in an understandable state of excitement, Dr. White was not fully satisfied with the result. He still yearns to record the throb of a heart of a tranquil, un-harpooned and bigger whale...
...about an hour and a half last night, the pair of suave talkers went from one freshman dormitory to another, telling the students that they were representing a "Senior Welcoming. Committee for Freshmen." They told them that this group was planning to throw "a giant blast," the night of Oct. 15, which all students, coaches, and faculty "would attend." The site of this projected party was the Sheraton-Plaza Hotel...
Swindled freshmen said the pair were very smooth speakers, and seemed "typical seniors." One was dressed in Ivy League clothing, a tweed jacket with gray flannel pants, while the other wore a gaberdine suit. They both had slight Boston accents...
...police directed the students to "get out after those guys, tackle them and sit on them" until they arrived. At 9 p.m. about 20 freshmen from the western part of the Yard swarmed outside looking for the pair. They spotted the men in the Yard and gave chase. But the swindlers escaped...
...plot itself is lucid. In late nineteenth century Paris a general, his wife, the Countess, and her admirer affably intrigue. A pair of diamond earrings, which precipitates every crisis among them, exchanges hands constantly. Each gentleman strives to impress the Countess, either by giving them to her or by taking them away, until the earrings themselves come to symbolize her love...