Word: ralph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...million New Yorkers jammed out to watch the Vanderbilt Cup races on Long Island. In the Vanderbilt were such car names, now dim, as Pope-Toledo, Darracq, Simplex and Locomobile, such still familiar ones as Mercedes and Fiat. The driver lists included such U.S. professionals as Barney Oldfield, Ralph de Palma, such millionaire amateurs as William K. Vanderbilt himself and Spencer Wishart, such Europeans as Jenatzy, first man to exceed 60 m.p.h., Lancia, Nazzaro, Victor Hemery and Louis Chevrolet. But the toplofty language of the racing notices enraged many a Long Island citizen from the first: "All persons are warned...
TRANS WORLD Airlines, biggest civilian customer of Lockheed aircraft (81 Constellations in service, 20 on order), has reminded Lockheed that Douglas DC-7s (TIME, Jan. 21, 1952) are "appreciably faster" than Super Constellations. T.W.A. President Ralph Damon told Lockheed brass: "Lockheed should find a way to do something about this problem...
...White Owl wallop." Sponsors have not only moved in on the game itself, they have also lined up pre-game and post-game programs-mostly interviews with players. In Chicago, there are at least three such radio & TV shows before the game gets started. Last week Outfielder Ralph Kiner, speaking for the Chicago Cubs, announced that he and his teammates would demand a minimum of $100 for any appearance on sponsored sports shows. Said Kiner: "It seems every time you turn around someone is asking you to go on his show. We're not trying to make this...
Thus began TIME'S cover story (Nov. 24, 1924) on the Very Rev. William Ralph Inge, "The Gloomy Dean" of St. Paul's. Since then, TIME has carefully followed and reported the doings of that volatile theologian, up until his death two months ago at the age of 93 (TIME, March 8). The story of the Gloomy Dean is just one example of how TIME has chronicled the thoughts and actions of newsmakers in the world of the spirit. Another example is the Easter cover story this week on Henry P. Van Dusen, president of Union Theological Seminary...
...John B. Millard of Newton, Mass.; Donald J. Mulvey of Andover, Mass.; Alan S. Rapperport of University City, Mo.; Marvin Sandler of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Robert A. Smails of Omaha, Neb.; William P. Travis of Cleveland, Ohio; Charles M. Walter of Hillsborough, Cal.; John T. Whatley of Austin, Tex.; Ralph L. Zan of Worcester, Mass.; Paul Bender of Brooklyn...