Word: pinkness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conference, Ike flew to Salina, Kans. and a triumphant homecoming to Abilene. For 40 miles around, the schools had been let out for the occasion, and cheering kids and high-school bands lined the streets as the presidential motorcade flashed by. At his old home, Ike spotted some pink and purple cornflowers in the garden. They reminded him of his mother, so he picked a bunch and presented them to a well-scrubbed group of his great-nephews and cousins. Then he browsed awhile among the memorabilia in the Eisenhower Museum...
...pink-and-white Crystal Ballroom of the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas last week, a scholarly man in rimless glasses presided methodically over a meeting of one of the most powerful regulatory bodies in the world. He was Ernest O. (for Othmer) Thompson, 61, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, which decides, in effect, how much oil the U.S. shall produce. After a 16-minute meeting, Thompson announced to his audience of 120 oil company lawyers: Texas wells will be allowed only 17 producing days during November...
...cream manufacturer named Tony Crisp, still planned to sell to the highest bidder. What about Eve? She belonged to Crisp's associate, one Walter West, and he was more considerate, said he might lend Eve to London's Tate Museum. "I expect they'll be tickled pink...
...There is no need to waste so much time." Avrutin turned for an example to the task of copying Morning in the Pine Forest, a 19th century favorite by Ivan Shishkin. "The depth of the forest takes two hours; one more hour for the broken trees; for the pink sky, one additional hour. The four bears require not more than 15 minutes each. For general touching up, one hour more. The total," he finished, "makes six hours. This will be our new norm...
Hollywood, a glittering city of outsize swimming pools and pink Cadillacs, has its homey side, too. It has a favorite corner drugstore, called Schwab's. For years Schwab's has been a hangout for movie stars, hangers-on and Coke-stretchers, who sit at the soda fountain sipping their drinks, waiting for miracles, or just thumbing the movie magazines borrowed from the magazine rack. At Schwab's, Columnist Sidney Skolsky receives mail, phone calls and tips. With Skolsky's syndicated help, Schwab's has become the best-known corner drugstore...