Word: sat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...long last, Bender sat down, after nary an aria. The meeting's chairman arose, tried to get in a few words, and was promptly interrupted. George Bender was sorry, but he wondered if someone would come forward to lead the singing. He waited all of two or three seconds for a volunteer, then lifted his arms−and his voice-in a rendition of God Be With You Till We Meet Again. It was a typical Bender performance...
...poisoned chalice is to put it to our own lips as well." History already has come to make a wry face on tasting the wine from Nürnberg's chalice. That the U.S. fought a war with Communist allies is completely justifiable, but that U.S. representatives then sat with Communist judges to try others on charges of "crimes against humanity" (of which the U.S. knew the Communists to be as guilty as the Nazis) is now recognized as a mockery of justice...
...70th birthday, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who relaxed during the past twelve months by scurrying some 50,000 miles to boom the United Nations, sat back and reflected on her bustling life...
...remarkable voice, she wanted to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. In those days, hiring a Negro artist was unthinkable at the Met. She went on the concert stage instead, and became one of the great recitalists of all time. But last week, fiftyish and famous as ever,* she sat down with the Met's General Manager Rudolf Bing and signed up for a starring role this winter...
TELEVISION Football (Sat. 4:25 p.m., ABC). Oregon v. Southern California...