Word: rosing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Potbellied and dripping, the new chairman of the Tory Party rose from Bright on's chill October sea last week and fired new hope in a Tory Party gathered for its annual conference and glumly reflecting on a dozen by-election setbacks since Suez. Chubby, puckish Viscount Hailsham, 50, only three weeks in office, delighted the delegates with his handshaking zeal, astounded them as he splashed into the ocean for early morning dips, moved them with shamelessly orotund oratory. "Britain is still recognizably a lion among nations," he roared. "I do not believe that we have been spared...
...South Dakota cornfield, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson rose on the speaker's platform, drew a barrage of half a dozen eggs from local farmers (their peeve: Benson had not answered their letters). After seeing the whites of the farmers' eggs, Benson said gravely: "This doesn't represent the feeling of the people of South Dakota...
Dances). In Bombay Indians rose for a standing ovation. The cheers were for the 100-piece Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and its conductor, Antal Dorati. 51. Last week, to another ovation in Belgrade, the orchestra wound up a triumphant five weeks' tour of a dozen cities in eight countries from the Balkans to the Indian Ocean...
...much relationship to the economy as a whole. Despite Wall Street's bearishness. the U.S. consumer is buying more than ever. Estimates of 1957 retail business as a whole put the totals at a record $200 billion, up $8.5 billion from 1956'$ peak. Construction volume in September rose to $4.6 billion, up 4% over a year earlier. And the first earnings reports for 1957's third quarter showed that companies were still making record profits. American Telephone & Telegraph and International Business Machines both posted new highs. IBM with a nine-month net before taxes of $130 million...
Twelve Angry Men. An enthralling battle of minds in which the right to trial (and error) by jury is cleverly cross-examined by Scriptwriter Reginald Rose and Actor Henry Fonda (TIME, April...