Word: suburbanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...article on cigarette smoking. This should effectively confound the "unnamed specialists" . . . who report via TV and radio that there are no harmful effects to the cigarette smoker . . . Cancer is but one of many possible results under present investigation by groups throughout the country . . . While it is probably true that suburban or city dwellers are in general heavier smokers than those in rural areas, no true conclusion can be reached until a frank appraisal of the grave problem of air pollution can be made...
Sprague managed Dewey's unsuccessful bid for the presidential nomination in 1940. During the 18 years he has bossed Nassau County. Sprague has deftly built up big Republican pluralities in his mushrooming suburban duchy...
Falange Party attacked the President's suburban home. Forewarned, Paz Estenssoro had long since slipped off to the presidential palace. The rebels went on to seize a police station. "We heard lots of shooting," said Capehart. By 9 o'clock, armed members of the pro-government unions had put down the minor revolt in the capital; then word came that the main uprising was at Cochabamba, 140 miles away. Battle Reports. Neither Capehart nor Paz Estenssoro scares easily, and they had business to attend to. Punctually at 10 a.m., Capehart arrived to keep his appointment with the President...
Awful Truth. DuPre first attracted the Digest's attention six months ago, after giving a number of lectures and broadcasts in Canada on his war experiences. He was invited to suburban Pleasantville, N.Y. to meet the Digest editors. "If there ever was a man who inspired confidence and seemed deeply religious." recalls Editor Wallace, "it was he." The Digest asked Reynolds to write DuPre's story, later sold the idea of the book to Random House. Reynolds went to Canada with DuPre, branch manager of Calgary's Commercial Chemicals, Ltd., found that he was an outstanding citizen...
...right to take a 15-year-old girl to the Folies-Bergere?" (answer: "Depends on the 15-year-old girl"). But Columnist Buchwald, who was born in suburban Mount Vernon, N.Y., owes his reputation as "the American in Paris" to more than giving out advice...