Word: staid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...game's white-flanneled old guard could not have been more startled if the Supreme Court had suddenly decided to allow Wheaties to call itself the "Break fast of Justices." To raise money for the cause of amateur tennis, the staid, 86-year-old United States Lawn Tennis Association signed a promotional deal with Manhattan's Licensing Corp. of America, a six-year-old merchandising whiz-bang best known for following up fads with floods of such items as 007 trench coats and after-shave lotion, Batman T shirts, Batpuppets and Batguns...
Although the Lampoon has made it up to the decent mark, it is useless to pretend that it is much of a provocative humor magazine. Like all Lampoonsthis issue has a few strong points, but the magazine needs more visual pep-cartoons, maybe photographs-and a less staid layout. But basically, what the 'Poon needs is more talent to widen the nucleus of good writers which has kept a spark of life in this year's issues...
...another monetary liberal to the Fed's changing lineup. Under an obscure civil service rule unearthed recently, Charles N. Shepardson, 71, the board's sturdiest conservative, must retire by May 1 unless Johnson overrides the regulation. With or without Chairman Martin, it would seem, the once staid Fed has become a temple of iconoclasts...
...Staid Parke-Bernet was so captivated by its romantic consignment that for a month preceding the auction the gallery staged a $100,000 exhibit around it, including a hurricane room with simulated thunder and lightning and a reconstructed captain's cabin with an open chest of gold coins and a live macaw. Handsome though it was, the display merely hinted at the real splendor of the original hoard. The Silver Plate fleet, commanded by Captain General Don Juan Estéban de Ubilla, bore silver and gold worth today's equivalent of about $14 million, together with Chinese...
...moment-the university's often divided students, administrators and regents. Students attending the regents' meeting warmly applauded Kerr and gave a standing ovation to Simon, who conceded that the cheers were "a new experience" for him as a regent. More than 1,000 undergraduates at relatively staid U.C.L.A. held the largest protest rally of the year and, predicted one senior, "kids here who haven't been activists are going...