Word: silver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Brigadier General Clinton Dermott ("Casey") Vincent, 40, operations officer of the Continental Air Defense Command, World War II ace (16 Jap planes), and winner of the Silver Star and D.F.C. for his exploits as General Claire Chennault's operations officer and deputy chief of staff in the China-Burma-India theater; in Colorado Springs. West Pointer Vincent was the prototype of "Vince Casey" in Milton Caniff's comic strip Terry and the Pirates, became (at 29) one of the youngest general officers in Army history...
...open-faced, roundly smiling, improbable-looking man in a gaung baung (gauze turbanlike cap with side bow), ingyi (short-waisted, high-necked jacket) and longyi (skirt). Improbably, for a potentate from a faraway land, he came bearing thoughtful gifts: a pint of his blood for a U.S. hospital; a silver gong suspended between ivory elephant tusks for the President; a check for $5,000 for distressed families of G.I.'s killed or incapacitated in the liberation of his country, Burma, during World...
Before the settlement, the U.S. lost about 800,000 ingot tons of steel because of the twelve-hour strike of the steelworkers. This week the men were back to work; their leader, silver-haired, mellifluent David J. McDonald, was almost satisfied that he was keeping up with the Reuthers (TIME, June 13 et seq.). Last year McDonald gave up quickly on his demand for a guaranteed annual wage. He could not raise that issue this year because the greatest part of his contract, except for wage clauses, runs until...
...good one. But his rare combination of showmanship, artful buffoonery and open-handed generosity virtually made Cow-Town Fort Worth a city. Dressed in his ten-gallon hat and cream-colored polo coat, Amon Carter sang Fort Worth's praise all over the world, while passing out silver dollars, hats, 100-lb. watermelons and boxes of pecan nuts for remembrances as he went along. On his Shady Oak Farm, he often had as many as 2,000 guests as an audience for his salesmanship. Outsiders half-seriously began to call Fort Worth "Cartersville," with some justification; fully a fourth...
...taxi drivers shouted and gesticulated at the door of the Hotel Violet. "What kind of a circus is this?" cried one. "We'll get wet as pigs," complained another. "This calls for an extra tip." Eventually, the taxicabs got under way, carrying 16 American girls dressed in flowing silver-grey silk and toting violins, violas, cellos and a string bass; their conductor, Boris Sirpo, and a few assistants. In sum total they were the Little Chamber Orchestra from Portland, Ore., and their destination was the National French Television studio in Rue Cognacq...