Word: starring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...guidebook field during the mid-1800s, just as Fielding does today. For kings and governments may err,/ But never Mr. Baedeker, wrote Poet A. P. Herbert. Stolid and scholarly, an indefatigable wanderer and meticulous researcher, Baedeker was the first guidebook writer to rate hotels and restaurants with a star system (similar to that employed by France's Michelin guides today); he was also a culture demon who directed his readers to every landmark and royal pigeon roost...
...clear that Shannon is on the other side of the argument. A confidential letter he had written to the Pope dissenting from the encyclical became public, and he was reported to have submitted his resignation. The reason for his resignation, according to Religion Editor Willmar Thorkelson of the Minneapolis Star, who broke the story, was Shannon's inability to accept the prohibition of contraception as stated in Humanae Vitae...
...honorary awards often goes to a black leader, like Ralph Bunche or last year's degree-winner, Whitney Young. Speculation on this year's pick is split between Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke and Boston Celtic star Bill Russell. Russell is said to have the degree sewn up if he signs a contract to coach the basketball team
...PRESIDENT and Fellows of Harvard College retain a prestigious Boston law firm, but to many students the position of "attorney to the University" is held by John G.S. Flym. Flym was the star of last month's University Hall trial. He defended most of the 174 arrested for criminal trespass, and is handling practically all who are appealing the charge. He was lawyer for John Sisson '67 in a precedent-setting case last month which established the right of a man to C. O. draft status without the benefit of religious training or belief. He is defending King Collins against...
...defense has been doubly effective because U.S. securities laws commit Northwest executives to frustrating silence until their tender offer expires in June. Heineman has been able to speak out only to the extent of blaming his firm's first-quarter loss largely on a strike at its Lone Star Steel Co. and the severe weather, which hampered its rail operations. He has also talked in general terms about struggles for corporate control. "There are a lot of frightened, stodgy companies with frightened, stodgy managements," he says. "Conservative businessmen are running to the Government saying, 'Save me, save...