Word: sparingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...between things (Conestoga wagons, railroads, the American eagle), places and people (Garfield's assassin, Lincoln as a horse tamer), and events (Tippecanoe, the Bear Flag revolt). Newton, who is also a director of Massachusetts' famed Old Sturbridge Village (TIME, Nov. 5), puts out the magazine in his spare time with the help of only one paid hand. He wangles free manuscripts from members of the American Association for State and Local History, his chief backer, and name writers, e.g., Carl Carmer, Roger Butterfield, who are also interested in livening up history. Editor Newton's biggest problem...
...intend to find out who altered the transcripts," Kelly told reporters Wednesday. "When we catch that culprit, we shall find out if he did it on an original impulse or if some superior put pressure on him. In that event, we certainly will not spare the superior...
Last week, after some 6,000 columns, Ray Warnock missed his first deadline, and his last. At 67, he died in his sleep. Times Editor Jerry Weinstein plucked the spare column out of a drawer, crossed out the words "but it had better be a darned good one," sadly sent the copy to the printers...
...inch wheelbase (v. 145-2-for Chrysler Crown Imperials), the low-slung "K-310" is 18 ft. 4½ in. overall. It has the same basic engine as the Imperial, but horsepower has been stepped up from 180 to 310; the car can do 150 m.p.h. Added feature: a spare tire that can be swung out easily from the trunk compartment on counterbalanced springs. Chrysler has not yet decided whether to market the K-310. Approximate price, if it does...
...almost as rumpled and untidy as his rooms. The tweeds he wears are worn and baggy, his thinning grey hair unruly, his bushy grey mustache in need of a trim. Bony and angular, with pale, piercing eyes, he looks, as one American interviewer put it, rather "like a spare, intelligent, ruffled heron...