Word: set
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reader in Norfolk, Va. asked if we could put him in touch with a subscriber in a country which grows teakwood. He wanted his favorite set of chessmen duplicated in teakwood, and he was willing to pay the cost of the project in TIME subscriptions. We gave him the name of a college student in India who had written us that he wanted very much to subscribe to TIME but couldn't afford it. Later on we hope to hear that they made a deal...
...democracy, Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse had long since decided, is that U.S. citizens are sometimes a little lazy when it comes to working at it-especially if the work involves going to a political meeting and asking a challenging candidate a few sharp questions. Last week Morse set out to make the process really easy. Seated in a little studio in station KERG in Eugene, he invited listening farmers and townspeople to pick up the phone and ask him a question. The questions came with a rush; it kept three people busy just taking the calls...
...soon became a favorite gathering place for a number of eminent faculty men: Kittredge, Hocking, Irving Babbitt, and W. Y. Elliott among others. They used to drop in to talk with Phillips about books, philosophy, in fact about almost anything. The book merchant especially enjoyed popping one of a set of philosophical problems on his visitors and drawing them into lengthy debate. One of his memorable topics was: "Is it better for a man to wear a dirty shirt on his back or to wear no shirt...
There is considerable confusion as to just who this reseal is Miss O'Hara, who answers, to the title of Princess Mah Jongg, has her sights set on the wrong fellow (Paul Christian) for some time while palling around with the pasha and military governor of Bagdad (Vincent Price). When the Black Robe boss turns out to be somebody else (John Sutton), Christian gets the Princess and Sutton and Price get theirs...
Offensively the freshmen exhibited a fast break game, working the ball down the outside. Most of the time they were able to break through the Terrier defense without having to rely on long set shots. Particularly successful were the quick outside shots of Lionette and Jim Urdan...