Word: stops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Interviewed at the Statler Hotel in Boston, Griffin asserted he may "stop out for a visit" at Harvard, but said he had a number of other tasks to do first...
Professional Duty. As everyone had foreseen, there were loud cries of pain from Germans of all political shades. In Diisseldorf, Britain's military governor General Sir Brian Robertson slapped them down: "Stop complaining. Be thankful for what you have got. The Germans must understand that Germany's record has caused other countries to be nervous about her behavior in the future." The sanest German opinion was well expressed by a Berlin businessman: "Of course the politicians must cry out in anger-that is part of their professional duty. But we need a year before we can really tell...
...third feature of Hogan's game is the consistent use of his wits. His fellow pros say that he doesn't play greens-"he thinks them." Before every tee shot, he selects the exact spot where he wants his ball to stop rolling; he expects to come very close. From each of his clubs he exacts similar standard ranges (see chart). Between shots, as he walks briskly along the fairway, Hogan's mind is working ahead. Heading for a second shot on one hole, he will crane to see where the pin has been spotted...
...between the Sumerian palace and the Civil War White House Millia Davenport devoted seven years. The result of her labor of love will impress the couturier and fascinate the housewife. The Book of Costume is also more instructive than many a history book, because it does not stop at tracking flares and gussets down through the ages. It is a history of the ornaments used by-men & women to add the finishing touches to their apparel-enameled watches, canes, necklaces, lap dogs...
...been, rather, a proving ground on which the United States attempted to show Asia that it could remake a Japanese territory into an independent, democratic nation. The comparative simplicity of the task undertaken by the American Military Government has permitted careful evaluation of the progress at each stop of the occupation. Briefly, General Hodge's assignment was; to eliminate Japanese control, reconstruct the economy, set up a democratic government, and get out. Unfortunately, the peoples of Asia now behold a complete failure to achieve these goals...