Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...socially; and when she does, etiquette forbids her probing his family background and prospects. Even among the most emancipated there is a gradual drift back to the miai, or formal meeting preparatory to an arranged marriage. But there is a big difference: instead of parents' having the final say, the young men and women have obtained a reasonable veto power, and, after a miai, will often see each other for several months before making a decision. Says an observer: "A lot of things are changing in Japan, but if I were asked to predict which institution will prove more...
...from Russia. A gnome of a man, Charles Fraiman put a pack on his back and peddled old clothes from door to door in the outskirts of Philadelphia, until he had enough money to buy a horse and wagon and go into the junk business. He used to say he made $1.50 a day-50? for his horse, 50? for himself, and 50? for his savings...
...Things to Do." The Pope's day usually begins about 4 a.m. He bathes, shaves with his old safety razor, meditates and prays until 7 when he says Mass. Breakfast is at 8; until 10 he answers letters, quickly skims the newspapers. He is busy with audiences until lunch, after which he prays in his private chapel, then works until 7:45, when he returns to the chapel to say his rosary. Dinner is at 8, bedtime about 10. Sometimes he varies the schedule by rising around 2 a.m., working a couple of hours, then going back...
...competition, he had won $137,800.* But by week's end, Lieut. James Astrue will have used up all his leave. When M.C. Wendell asks him what British adventurer explored the waters around Jamestown in 1608 and afterward the waters around New England, what will he say? Will he say John Smith and stay on the show? Or will he say Raleigh, lose his championship to one Dave Fries, and go back to duty with a check for $143,600 in his pocket? Tune in to NBC, Friday, March 20, 12 noon E.S.T...
...column in the Banner would be excerpted or reprinted in full in much larger Southwestern newspapers. The reason: Ernest Joiner, as one of the most outspokenly devil-take-the-hindmost editors in the U.S., is always quotable, often blurts out the sentiments that the larger papers would like to say on their own but dare not. Excerpts from some of Joiner's rejoinders...