Word: quarter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Barred by law from succeeding himself as Governor, "Happy" Chandler tried in the May primary to win the nomination for a hand-picked successor. He failed against a Combs campaign expertly engineered by ex-Senator (1950-56) Earle C. Clements, 63, bitter factional foe of Chandler for a quarter-century (TIME, May 25). Only a Republican victory in the election could have restored Democrat Chandler's slipping grip on state political power, perhaps let him pick delegates to the 1960 Democratic National Convention and thus renew his one-man 1956 campaign for the presidential nomination. So Chandler...
...backed in five re-elections by the local political boss, spectacled Ralph Dawson, who doubles as city attorney. Mayor Godfrey drawls that the light, "being a machine, might vary four to five seconds in wet weather," admits that rain comes often enough for the light to produce a quarter or more of the town's $12,000 to $15,000 annual budget. But local members of the Good Government League, organized by polio-crippled Mail Carrier Harry Chapman to fight the "Dawson crowd" and its red light, consider Godfrey's figures overly modest. They once counted 30 arrests...
Except for this affirmation that the Soviet Union would go on spending for arms (at least a quarter of its total income this year), the order of the day was peace and friendship. Giant, red corn stalks and eight-foot ears of corn festooned one square, and the moon was gaily displayed as the latest Soviet plaything. Holiday marketers crowded the shops. Restaurants were jammed. And at the Kremlin reception, there was dancing for the first Nov. 7 since Lenin and Trotsky took over the place in 1917. After leading the grand march into Vladimir Hall, Premier Khrushchev begged...
...ranked Louisiana State University had just scored against Tennessee. One point was needed to tie, two to win. Like true champions, L.S.U. never hesitated: they gave All-America Halfback Billy Cannon the ball. "He's coming on the power play," shouted a Tennessee tackle, and a quarter of a ton of Tennessee flesh hit Cannon all at once, stopped him dead. That was the ball game. L.S.U. made twice as many first downs and three times as much yardage, but fumbles, pass interceptions, and Tennessee's alert defense brought L.S.U. its first defeat, ended a 19-game winning...
...first half, the varsity could not launch a sustained offense, and the two teams sparred inconclusively up and down the field. The Crimson pressed harder during the third period, and really let loose with a fourth-quarter surge that seemed certain to break the scoreless deadlock...