Word: sixths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Manhattan's Fifth Avenue one day 20 years ago, traffic came to a halt as thousands of New Yorkers, 2,000 priests and scores of bishops crowded into St. Patrick's Cathedral for the installation of the city's sixth Roman Catholic archbishop. Said the new prelate, whom they had come to honor: "I have read that this see is the richest see . . . The city of New York has length and breadth and height and depth of astonishing dimensions . . . [But] my viewpoint as a Catholic bishop is the apprehension of St. Paul, who wrote to the Corinthians...
Died. James G. Polk, 62, Democratic Congressman from Ohio's sixth district (1931-40, and since 1949), who described himself in the Congressional Directory as "one of the few members of Congress whose sole occupation is farming"; of cancer; in Washington...
From Red China came the boast-for the sixth week in a row-that the rebellion had been put down, this time with 2,000 rebel casualties and the "wiping out of rebel nests" along the Indian border. At least one man outside Red China knew pretty well what was happening across his secluded border, but Nehru was not saying. His consulate in Lhasa has the only radio link with the free world. But, for reasons of state, as well as personal inclination, Nehru was following a policy of see-no-evil, speak-no-evil regarding Red China. There were...
...Ever Heard? Baron Clements saw his first bullfight when he was ten, and "right then I decided that what I wanted to do most was fight bulls." Writing in the sixth grade on his life's ambition, he drew an F-minus and a stern note from his teacher: "Baron, I expect you to stay in this afternoon and write a reasonable theme. Who ever heard of people these days being bullfighters...
...exasperating inning in which the Crimson committed most of its seven errors, Boston Latin rallied in the fifth to a 3-2 lead. The Yardlings went ahead with four tallies in the sixth, however, on four hits, a walk, an error, and asacrifice...