Word: shoulderful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Eyes. "Rose Bowl" is John Carl Warnecke, 44, a handsome, husky six-footer who studied liberal arts at Stanford University, where he played a bruising game as tackle on its undefeated, untied 1940 football team. The 1941 Rose Bowl game won him a nickname, but football cost him a shoulder injury that kept him out of World War II. So he let his hair grow and went on to Harvard's school of architecture. When Kennedy called him in to take charge of the $29 million Lafayette Square project, Warnecke had behind him a meteoric, 13-year career which...
...Glitter. Guarded by bank-vault-type doors, electric-eye burglar alarms and "footmen" whose blue-and-silver waistcoats bulge with shoulder-holster Lugers, the new Schatzkam-mer operates with little fanfare. "Too much publicity," explains Director Hans Thoma, "might only attract some fool Rififi who might take a crack at the wealth. The public should come gradually, not because they are intrigued by the glitter, but because of the artistic pleasure it gives to see so much precious beauty assembled...
...fact, Harvard's lightweight wrestlers looked extremely impressive. In addition to Keeler and Durfee, 130-pounder Mike King wrestled well before suffering a painful shoulder injury that may keep him out of action for a while...
...chased Ethel into a parked car, it was sent ott to a zoo. Now the Attorney General and his wife go in for more formal entertaining. Ethel has refurbished Hickory Hill, seats her guests on period chairs, provides candlelight. Ethel tends to greet her guests with an over-the-shoulder "Hi ya kid," but there have been no dunkings lately, and her parties, attended by diplomats, Cabinet members, and Bobby's Justice Department boys...
...being pushed too vigorously. He talked with Manhattan builders about the quality of real estate investments, and in visits to banks confirmed his controversial contention that there has been a deterioration in bank credit. "A couple of months ago," he says, "they would have given a customer the cold shoulder. Now they're scared someone will walk out without having signed up for a loan...