Word: quits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Princeton and Columbia Law School, bought a 46-ft. cruiser and a string of sailboats, became an enthusiastic Princeton alumnus (class of '09) and had just about everything he wanted out of life. He had saved frugally for most of his working days. From 50 on he quit saving...
...hero to toss the championship fight, and stuffs money in his coat pocket to urge him on, but the hero spurns him. On the big night at the Garden the hero is down on the canvas when he sees the gambler at the ringside grimacing at him to quit. This burns him so much that he leaps up and wins the fight, like that. Soon after, the gambler's goons throw the hero into the Hudson River, but he survives and goes to live in Germany...
...decided that there would be no harm now in admitting his age: 75. Never bothered to set folks right before, he told reporters, "because you've misrepresented me for 20 years, and had me younger, not older." Not that age makes any difference, he added: "You should never quit playing because you are old-you grow old because you quit playing. I enjoy life. I love life. I love people." Gloria Swanson, high-styled siren of silent movies, showed up in shorts and a crew hat (but stuck to high-heeled shoes) as she took time out from...
...Alternative. Except in some special cases, a worker lost all his credit in the company-financed pension fund unless he stayed with the company until he was 65 (or 60, if he had 30 years' service). If he quit his job before that (e.g., after 20 years' service), he was left with nothing but his Social Security...
...band has always been a family affair: Guy, Carmen and Lebert own it. Sister Rose Marie (now Mrs. Henry Becker) once sang, but, says Guy, "never took it seriously." He doesn't exactly say so, but he gives the impression that the defection of kid brother Victor, who quit playing saxophone with the Royal Canadians three years ago to get up his own band, was just about the most disturbing thing since the secession of the South. In a way, all of the band members are in the family. If one musician dislikes a new song, out it goes...