Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Keyholer Walter Winchell, claiming a "scoopee (we hope)," gave the rumor currency by a second-hand report that 34-year-old Frank Handy, son of the publisher of the Ypsilanti (Mich.) Press, "has the engagement ring in his pocket now, waiting for [Margaret's] uh-huh." Washington society began to envision a White House wedding;* some even speculated about its political usefulness...
...Ypsilanti jeweler and friend of the Handy family got in the last word. Said Jeweler Cyrus C. Jenks: "Can't be so. He hasn't bought a ring from me, and, as a matter of fact, hasn't even discussed...
...conference at the Guests' palatial home to appease the clamoring press. Bobo said: "I love him very much." She talked about her early life, said that her father was dead (she was misinformed-he was mining coal in Washington, Pa.) and showed reporters her engagement ring, a 1½-carat, square-cut diamond, set in platinum. Winthrop parried newsmen's thrusts with wit and a bridegroom's smile...
...part of a combined initiation of candidates and celebration at the demise of the notorious Woop ring, and took the form of a pet show, band concert, parade and snowball fight on the steps of Widener. This last feature was unrehearsed and uncondensed by Chief of Yard Police Alvin Randall, who methodically began to collect Bursar's cards as his contribution...
Exeter couldn't hit the ring. The prep-school's frequent but wild shots were hooked off the backboard by the taller Crimson quintet and racked into the winning total from every corner of the court. Ed Smith accounted for 25 points personally...