Word: surprisee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Oilman Jean Paul Getty, 64, not shirking his new fame as the wealthiest (at least $700 million) U.S. citizen, reviewed some recently accrued slings and arrows from his outrageous fortune as publicized by FORTUNE. At a private audience in London's Ritz Hotel, Getty told the New York Herald...
To the surprise of all, both majors and minors agreed on two important new rules, even found time for some spectacular trades:
Among reserves, the big surprise was George James, who entered the game with only three minutes remaining, and scored eight points. Griff McClellan, Mike Donohue, Chuck Wolle, and Arnie Singal also entered the scoring column.
Thus when the Corporation announced the appointment of John M. Yovicsin, football coach at Gettysburg College, as the new head coach of football at Harvard, that was considerable surprise and scepticism expressed by various individuals. Yovicsin was a low-pressure type person. He had long since abandoned the glory of...
Immediate reaction to the surprise Soviet advancement has been a typically American one--to spend more money. In his recent television speech to the nation President Eisenhower suggested a nationwide science test, with subsidies going to those students who show aptitude. "This suggestion," said New Jersey's Commissioner of Education...