Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mood somewhat short of ecstasy, Cinemactress Hedy Lamarr, 44, and five times wed, departed (legal separation) from her latest, Houston Oilman W. Howard Lee, fiftyish. For keeping her distance, Hedy will get $100,000 a year, an additional $105,000 in a lump sum. "I feel sure Howard and I will never divorce," she sighed. "Basically, we are very fond of each other...
Each has a different strong point to his game. Handsome, thin-lipped Arnold Palmer is one of the game's longest drivers. Brash, freckled Ken Venturi is without peer on long irons. Chubby, affable Bill Casper has the steadiest short game on the tour. There are weaknesses, too. Palmer is a streak player ("It seems I was always blowing up just when I thought my game was under control''). Both he and Venturi are subject to long sieges of putting miseries. Casper tends to scatter his long shots and has a predilection for one bad round...
...Dressed in a blue suit, pink shirt and dark glasses, Jack is ready for the hired limousine that has come to take him to the show. He settles into the back seat with a groan, convinced that he is on a short ride toward disaster...
Down from the Tree. His finding last week was a boost for his theory. Sent off to Basel, Oreopithecus will undergo months of study before its vintage is truly certified. But Hurzeler quickly reported definite human affinities. Examples: a manlike big toe close to other toes, a short pelvis and wide ilium, which may indicate that Oreopithecus walked erect instead of swinging from trees. Hurzeler suggests that "men and apes have a common ancestor ten times older than we thought, perhaps 60 to 70 million years back. At least 10 million years ago, manlike characteristics were in full swing...
...than military, are supposed to be complete by next March under the International Geophysical Year program. Any one of them could turn out to be that celestial coup, a voyage around the moon by a highly instrumented vehicle. But any probe that reaches a great altitude, even if far short of the moon, will radio back news of such interest that the try will be worthwhile...