Word: surprisee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Initial response to the enlarged program caught even the most optimistic recruiters by surprise. One sergeant, with several years' experience, said, while processing my papers, "This is the first time I can ever remember men standing on line to join the Army," and he was not exaggerating. So many men...
For a century. Washington's Corcoran Gallery has been a staunch patron of American art. This week it marks its 100th birthday with a two-city celebration: a loan exhibition at Manhattan's Wildenstein Gallery of outstanding pictures drawn from its collection and its regular biennial roundup of...
The picture is not all gloom, however. The most pleasant surprise this year has been shotputter Henry Abbot, who broke the University record his last time out with a 51 ft., 6 in. heave. "If anyone had predicted that Abbot would break any records at this time last year, we...
¶ As befits a freshman in his first Senate days, lanky Maine Democrat Edmund Muskie spoke only when his name was called. But he listened hard, developed some ideas about the proper way to address a colleague during debate. "If you and he are in complete agreement," he told a...
Clearly taken by surprise, Prince Souphanouvong was able to muster only 16 of the 47 Assemblymen present to oppose the Premier. Armed with his new mandate, Phoui Sananikone promised Laotians a new constitution, pledged that the royal government would build dams and roads, improve communications, seek foreign investments. He would...