Word: penniless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...francs ($5,700), part of the $14,000 prize which Multimillionaire Chaplin got last spring from the Red-sponsored World Peace Congress for his faithful party lining. He handed the check to France's famed priest Abbe Pierre (TIME, Feb. 15), a saintly man who has been virtually penniless ever since he gave away his sizable patrimony to charity 23 years ago. "It was an important decision for me to make, whether to accept Communist money as a Christian," said Abbe Pierre bluntly. "[But] if the 'peace partisans' want to stage a war with checks...
Died. Gabriel Pascal, 60, cinemadapter of the plays of George Bernard Shaw; after long illness; in Manhattan. Penniless in 1935 when he crumbled Shaw's notorious resistance to movie versions, stormy...
...organization that could speak for retired teachers, she decided to become their spokesman herself. She traveled, all over the state and toured the country, by 1947 had lined up enough members to start the National Retired Teachers Association. Its mission: "To put dignity back into the life of the penniless former teacher...
...Gift of the week: $1,086,000 to Tuffs College from Medford, Mass. Manufacturer Harry Posner, a once penniless Russian immigrant who amassed a fortune by making collapsible boxes, now wishes to make "part payment of the debt we owe this land...
Soon after World War II, successful Artist Colin-who had started as a penniless Montmartre dauber, decorating bistro walls and menu cards-concentrated on serious painting. Last week Paris saw the result. Painter Colin himself was on hand in the gallery to explain the difference between his old and his new work: "Designing a poster is like writing a telegram. Painting a picture is like writing a letter...