Word: pastings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...theorists rather than as practical politicians. They know that Italy's hope lies in improved farming methods and more industrialization, but they are not able to move fast enough toward their goals. Said one high-ranking American in Rome: "Unless we do more than we have in the past year, unless we move faster, we might as well walk out of here in 1953 [when EGA ends] and let the Communists take over...
...trim, 44-year-old John J. Theobald, dean of administration at Manhattan's City College for the last three years. Before that he had taught civil engineering at City College, supervised some highway surveys in New York State. Stepping into the Queens presidency after the past year's tumult and shouting didn't worry him; he called it "a perfectly wonderful opportunity." He thought he had been around the city's colleges long enough to know...
Barn 41, Belmont. Since 1940, Calumet Farm has been a front runner in the U.S. racing stakes. Whirlaway, Pensive, Twilight Tear and Armed were the horses that first carried Calumet's devil red and blue to fame & fortune. In the past three years, Calumet's Citation and Coaltown, Fervent and Faultless, Pot o' Luck, Ponder, Bewitch and Wistful have run away from all competition. Other horsemen may not be happy about it, but the public is. Fans know that Calumet is not a betting stable, and that its horses are always sharp when they go to the post...
...headquarters was Barn 41, at Belmont Park, once base of operations for Oilman Harry F. Sinclair's all-conquering Rancocas Stable. Despite the barnyard-like peace that always hangs over the stable area at dawn, there was an undertone of excitement around Barn 41. Boys from other stables, trudging past on their way to a cup of coffee, eyed it as a country boy would the big house on the hill...
...nearest thing to a conductor's worry was the orchestra. In past years, Jones had had the well-drilled Philadelphia Orchestra in front of him; this time, with the Philadelphia on its first tour of Britain, he had first-class musicians, but it was still a pickup band. Even so, with the last quiet but magnificent "Slumber now, and take thy rest," one listener, a Baltimore lawyer who has been trekking to Bethlehem for 20 years, said appreciatively: "A good Friday; but you know, what we come for is the Saturday...