Word: renewal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Burt had reclaimed talent beaten down last year by Leo the Lip's rough & ready handling. He helped Outfielder Gene Hermanski renew his self-confidence, and had him fielding better, hitting 83 percentage points higher than last year. When Pitcher Hank Behrman was sold to Pittsburgh and flopped, Manager Burt was the first to say, "We can use him"- and made a serviceable retread...
Gradually the less stolid of the nuns start coming apart. Sister Philippa plants flowers instead of the vegetables that they need. Sister Superior Clodagh's prayers are interrupted by flashbacks to a love affair. Sister Ruth does not renew her vows (which are renewable annually in this Order); she pours herself into a red dress and makes a maddened dead-set for the Englishman. The pagan atmosphere is too much for the nuns; by the time the rains set in, they forlornly abandon St. Faith's for the convent back in Calcutta...
...Bombay Royal Yacht Club, where no Indian could tread even as a member's guest, was about to close; the Government had refused to renew its lease. No more would the pink pukka sahibs and their leathery memsahibs stare glassily over the glassy bay. Gone from most of the smart hotels were the signs "Europeans only." In cool Simla, Indians now jostled along the Mall where 20 years ago no person in Indian dress would have been allowed...
...wage increase at this time would put an undue strain on the company's resources." The union withdrew its 15?-an-hour demand, settled for six paid holidays (equivalent to a 3?-an-hour raise). In September, when the present contract expires, the union will decide whether to renew its wage demands. Said Conard: "The union was very cooperative...
Rumania was quiet and safe for the Communists. Its Premier, white-haired Petru Groza, recently visited Budapest to renew acquaintances of student days. At a dinner attended by Rakosi, where wine flowed freely and violins played haunting gypsy music, Groza explained Eastern Europe in personal, precise terms. From a member of the intimate group of pro-Communist "boys in the back room," TIME heard this memorable quote from Groza...