Word: referring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Billy Ford: I was born in The Bronx. My father came to this country third-class steerage; although my mother was born in Philadelphia, her parents came over to this country third-class steerage too. Unfortunately I cannot trace my family tree too far . . . However, we do refer to our six-month-old daughter as "Her Royal Highness . . ." If this does not meet his specifications, he needn't feel badly because we can't afford a silly little thing like a $10,000 car anyway. And if we could, I wouldn't want to be high-pressured...
...reworking the Dulles draft, the President pointed up the whole letter and brought in a new point: "I have not forgotten your proposal having to do with stationing inspection teams at key points in our countries, and if you feel this would help to create the better spirit I refer to, we could accept that...
...pattern was being broken at Chicago's Presbyterian McCormick Theological Seminary-so named since 1886 because of the generous endowments of Farm Machinery Maker Cyrus H. McCormick. Last week a theology professor was showing a visitor around. "By the way," he remarked, "we never refer to death as the Grim Reaper around here. It's always the International Harvester...
...Academy of Medicine, a physicians' public-service group, Dr. Hubert S. Howe presented a bold program patterned on that used in Britain (which claims to have no more than 400 known addicts and no appreciable black market). Hospitals, said Dr. Howe, should examine, classify and treat addicts, then refer them to specially licensed doctors who would continue treatment. The most drastic break with current U.S. practice that he suggested was rehabilitating the addict first-teaching him a trade, helping him to get a job-and treating the addiction afterward. This would mean dispensing narcotics to the addict until...
...great classic retreats in the history of war. Bringing their dead and wounded with them in sub-zero weather, pursued by eight fiercely attacking divisions of Chinese Communists, the marines of the 1st beat their way to Hungnam and rescue in 13 days. But proper marines never refer to the march as a retreat; in the parlance of the corps, it is always "an amphibious operation in reverse," or, simply, "the breakthrough to the sea." One proper marine, Major General Oliver Prince Smith, whose leadership made the operation possible, immortalized the retreat (and himself) with a terse comment. "Retreat, hell...