Word: scrolls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Douglas MacArthur there was a tribute of sorts, too. A Manhattan suit designer was inspired to present her with a scroll as "Outstanding Little Woman* of the Year," whose "constancy and devotion to her husband and whose outstanding ability to dress exactly right for every occasion has provided inspiration to little women in every part of the world...
...honor Hometown Rhymester Edgar A. Guest on his 70th birthday, Detroit proclaimed an official "Eddie Guest Day" with a band concert and engraved scroll, but banned other gifts. Reason: the committee was afraid donors would take up all the program time making speeches...
...chairman of the Pesky Night Committee, and a plug for the C. Y. O., the announcer pointed out that some countries can idolize only military figures. "In America, thank God, we can idolize our sports heroes as well." Swede Nelson and Dom DiMaggio spoke briefly, presenting Johnny with a scroll, and a shiny two-toned Cadillac emerged from under the left field stand...
...Shoe, one sign of success is to get into a fraternity-preferably such "Row Fraternities" as Zeta Psi, the Fence Club, or Delta Kappa Epsilon. Far above these stand Yale's six senior societies-Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, Berzelius, Book and Snake, Wolf's Head, and Elihu-whose new members are picked each year when the junior class lines up on Tap Day in Branford College Court, waiting for the slap on the back from some senior member...
...feet away from me four tappers--representing Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, Wolfshead, and Book and Snake--descended simultaneously on the broad and waiting shoulders of football player Ed Senay, each man calling out the name of his group...