Word: propel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Turner "Like you were dead." A bit dismayed, Swayze got rid of most of the television make-up he had been wearing, added a toupee to thicken out his sparse thatch, set himself to cultivating an air of friendly animation. In three years, these simple measures have helped to propel brisk, 45-year-old Newsaster Swayze into a bigger-than-TV prominence. His Camel News Caravan weekdays, 7:45 p.m., NBCTV) now has an audience of some 5,000,000, rates as one of the liveliest news shows on television. Each 15-minute program begins with Commentator Swayze...
...great plant at Bridgeport, Conn., a change which gave him the luxuries of which he had dreamed: a house with a lawn and trees, golf, a Peerless automobile ''built like a locomotive." At Bridgeport, too, he landed on the springboard which was to propel him to the final dizzy pinnacle of the G.E. hierarchy. President Swope-in one of the sweeping changes of policy which have always been one of the keys to American productivity -decided to take the services of electricity to the people...
...first popular in France in the 18305,* was staging a triumphant comeback in Manhattan. On its cover, LIFE had run a glamorous photograph of TV Star Faye Emerson with chignon. The fashion magazines were embracing the false buns, braids and curls with the ecstatic gushes and gurgles which seasonably propel new fashion twists across the nation. And milliners were joyfully proving that a whole new set of hats would be necessary. A really modish woman was expected to carry extra chignons with her (cost: $7.50 to $150 each) and to be ready to run the gamut, from Gibson Girl curls...
Offensively, Connecticut has a very fast sophomore back in Joe Bettencourt, who was the Husklos' leading ground gainer. However, the team lacks a really powerful fullback and a capable passer. Seven men tried to propel the ball by hand for the Uconns, for a total of 23 forward passes. Five were completed...
...railroad announced last night that would operate two observation trains which will move up and down the shore of the Thamen during all three of the races. Diesel locomotives will propel the trains instead of the steam-powered iron which showered spectators with and cinders in the pre-war days...