Word: popular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Democrats, looking to 1956, alternated between hope and despair. If Eisenhower does not run, they are almost sure they can win; if he does, they are almost sure they will be beaten. These conclusions are consistent with the main Democratic line of not publicly attacking Eisenhower. Since he is popular, attacks hurt the party of the attackers. Since he is a man of self-respect, personal attacks might lead him to seek vindication by running again...
...Hindu widow Sugan Kunwar Singh flung herself sacrificially-and illegally-into the flames of her husband's funeral pyre last October (TIME, Nov. 1), Jodhpur has been on a religious binge. Self-styled holy men from miles around have swarmed into town to cash in on the popular fervor. Hawkers in the city's crowded bazaar are peddling ballads and poems extolling the virtues of suttee, the accepted name for the widow's sacrifice. In Jodhpur's homes, emotional wives worship before cheap lithographs showing a noble Sugan Kunwar, cradling the head of her dead husband...
...ignored the time limit on his stint, brushed aside his M.C.'s good-nights and thank-yous, stayed on happily ad-libbing, reading, reciting and singing for the full hour that remained of the show. Asked by the harassed Allen if he would mind the interruption of a popular tune by Pianist Marian McPartland, the old man conceded gracefully-but with a qualification: "Just so she doesn't sing Teach Me Tonight...
...Journal's morning tabloid sister, the Mirror, was started in 1924 with the slogan: "90% entertainment, 10% news"; it still lives up to this. The biggest attraction is Columnist Walter Winchell, plus Drew Pearson and popular comic strips (Li'l Abner, Joe Palooka, Steve Canyon...
...former Dartmouth varsity tackle, Jones has played Rugby on the U.S. West Coast (where it is mildly popular), and prefers it to U.S. football. "In American football," he says, "the backs do all the thinking and have all the fun. In 'Rugger,' I'm in the game. I get a chance to take part in the tactics, and even to make like a fullback and score." Last week came a triumphal moment for Rugger Enthusiast Vincent Jones: the Oxford-Cambridge game, called simply "the varsity match...