Word: spectaculars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Along the way, he made another startling statement. He said he had "a firm intention to continue a strong stabilization program and turn it over to the new Administration as a functioning, effective entity." All he really had left to turn over was a spectacular set of ruins...
...Chicago, Thor Heyerdahl, who rafted his way to fame with the South Seas voyage of the Kon-Tiki, said that he was planning another expedition, "less spectacular and more sober-minded," this time to South America...
...Drum's paper supply for such things as printing pictures of Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands with a Negro. Police have also taken to shadowing Drum staffers, checking on where they go and whom they see. Despite the threats, Drum has made its mark with a series of spectacular exposes...
Bill Dennis again led the Crimson in scoring, with 22 points, but the spectacular junior also contributed a good share of the rebounding and defensive work. In the final four minutes of the game, with the Crimson uneasily leading by less than three points, Dennis put on one of his patented fancy dribbling exhibitions to run out the time...
...commanded "the fleet"-which actually grew into a dozen fleets, the mightiest assemblage of sea power, afloat and on the wing, that the world has ever seen.* No service commander had more to do with the winning of World War II. None showed keener strategic vision, or made fewer spectacular mistakes. None is so little known, and for that, King himself is mostly to blame. Now 74, weakened by a stroke five years ago, he is anxious to find his niche in history, and so has collaborated with Walter M. Whitehill, librarian of Boston's Athenaeum, in what...