Word: restfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there pitching at the end. The Indians won, 4-2, with Feller holding the fort until Teammate Vernon, back at first base, could unload a two-run homer in the eleventh inning. Feller's burial, it seemed, would have to be put off for a while; the rest of the Indians felt healthier...
Only about 4% of Gilcrease's huge art collection was on display. The rest, saved for future shows, included the art of 45 Indian tribes, dating back to 300 A.D., along with 62,000 books, letters and manuscripts. Among the letters was one from Christopher Columbus' son, Diego, to Charles I of Spain. Another, written by General George Custer, ends: "You will next hear from me . . . not from the plains of Philippi . . . but from those of Dakota, the home of S.B." The initials stood for Custer's Sioux conqueror, Sitting Bull...
Even as hospitals go, Manhattan's famed Memorial Hospital is not a light-hearted place. Its corridors never echo with the happy sounds of a maternity ward. No one is there because of minor ailments or for a good rest. Most of the patients know that their chances of recovery, though somewhat better every year, are poor indeed. Visitors passing through the lobby often look stunned by grief. Memorial is a tragic place because its patients are victims of cancer...
...normal route had the U.S. traveled? Harvard Marketing Professor Malcolm P. McNair squinted at the scenery and announced that one-third to one-half the trip had been completed. He guessed the index of industrial production, now around 175, would drop to about 155 before starting up again. The rest of the ride should not be "too severe," said McNair, certainly "less severe" than...
...love story produces only one good piece of entertainment: a lively little song called Baby, It's Cold Outside, which is already well established as a jukebox hit. Between the long, arid stretches of talk, Betty Garrett and Red Skelton supply some shorter sketches of acceptable slapstick. The rest of the show, including a razzle-dazzle water ballet at the end, lumbers along like an overdressed float in a Mardi Gras parade...