Word: pearling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Negro girl from Clarksville, Tenn. In a field of female endeavor in which the greatest stars have often been characterized by overdeveloped muscles and underdeveloped glands, Wilma ("Skeeter") Rudolph had long, lissome legs and a pert charm that caused an admiring Italian press to dub her "the Black Pearl." Last week Wilma Rudolph became the only track star, male or female of any country, to win three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics...
...things, a trumpet player. To spite Natalie, he marries Susan, which seems to be carrying spite too far. For a while it looks as if the four young marrieds will not live happily ever after, but the only character who comes to a bad end is Singer Pearl Bailey. She is supposed to be a blues singer dying of unrequited love, but actually her malady looks more like embarrassment...
...With no wish to persecute one man, it is still sadly necessary to say it: In that courtroom we have suffered a small, an intimate, a personal Pearl Harbor-but not, unhappily, an insignificant...
...moving," recalls one officer. "The poverty, the filth, the sickness, the pressure of Communism." Soon the ship buzzed with a plan: send an Asian boy to college. The crew approved unanimously-as long as they could choose the lad personally and keep an eye on him in home port Pearl Harbor...
Last week, having topped his rivals in the formal exams, Hoshin sailed into Pearl Harbor. At dockside: everyone from the Pacific Fleet's chief of staff to Hawaii's Congressman Daniel K. Inouye. To pay Hoshin's entire expenses for the next four years, the McCain has already installed an ice cream machine with proceeds ($120 a month) earmarked for his education, along with a big chunk of the ship's bingo profits. Says Hoshin: "It is much too wonderful to explain...