Word: randolphs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more rich stuffing. In the museum's vast Great Hall, four magnificent 16th century Flemish tapestries, each 14 ft. by 24 ft., went on display last week. They were a gift of the Hearst Foundation, in memory of one of history's most assiduous art collectors, William Randolph Hearst...
Whether the new building remedied this problem has since been debated, but the fund-raising campaign, boosted by William Randolph Hearst, was a cheering success. Soon a triangular lot bounded by Plympton, Bow, and Mt. Auburn Streets was purchased, and architect Edmund Wheelwright, one of the Lampoon founders, was commissioned to design the building...
...Force academy, a "West Point of the Air," but did not decide where to put it, or how much to spend on it. Possible locations: Colorado Springs, St. Louis, Marysville (Calif.), Madison (Ind.), Charlotte (N.C.), or somewhere in Texas-the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Randolph Field, or near the Oklahoma border. Minimum cost: $125 million...
...biggest and most expensive items in the vast art collection of the late William Randolph Hearst was a complete 12th century Spanish monastery that once stood in Sacramenia, a village near Segovia. In his imperious way, Hearst bought the monastery, had it dismantled stone by stone, and shipped (in 35,000 pieces weighing 2,500 tons) to the U.S. It cost Hearst more than half a million dollars and ten years of effort to get his treasure home. By that time, even Hearst was reluctant to spend the additional sum it would cost to rebuild the monastery...
...held by men. The only newcomer-much-publicized Marilyn Monroe-placed sixth. The big ten: 1) Gary Cooper. 2) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, 3) John Wayne. 4) Alan Ladd-up from 16th place. 5) Bing Crosby, 6) Marilyn Monroe, 7) James Stewart, 8) Bob Hope. 9) Susan Hayward. 10) Randolph Scott...