Word: tiring
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...were merely lambs being led to slaughter. One of the waiting eligibles is John Kieran Jr., 35, son of the original Information Please panel member, who declined an invitation himself. Much as they now want Van Doren to go on, the producers also foresee a chance that audiences may tire of his winning streak. As the Van Doren family's friend, Clifton Fadiman, puts it: "Sooner or later he's going to stop being a Christian and start being a lion...
...personal contact with them in the dining hall and in house activities. House elections are easier and fairer on candidates, too. A Lowell politican for example, can more conveniently, and much more justifiably, canvass all the entries in Lowell to advance his cause, than stuff everybody's mailbox with tire-some and inane letters...
Behind the glamourpuss, however, there stands a solid character of many-sided balance. Bernstein is a phenomenal extra vert. In his nature, to think is to act. Until recently he never seemed to tire of doing things, handling situations, arranging schedules, playing the life of the party, being all things to all people. He lives in a vague world of superficial friendliness, where charm is an easy way of life, and genuine warmth is reserved for work. And yet, at the worst of his extravertigo, Bernstein never lost sight of his first principles: truth to his word, loyalty to friends...
...Raymond C. (for Christy) Firestone, 48, was elected president of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., the world's second largest rubber firm (just behind Goodyear), succeeding Lee R. Jackson. 65, who moves into a newly created position as vice chairman of the board. Ray Firestone, fourth son of Company Founder Harvey S. Firestone (brother Harvey Jr. is Firestone's board chairman and chief executive officer), started with Firestone as a gas-station attendant in California after graduating from Princeton...
...Togliatti could subdue the party regulars inside the hall, a more resounding verdict was delivered outside. Workers of Turin's Michelin tire plant, voting as the eighth congress was about to adjourn, registered a drop in Communist strength (from 60% to 26% of the total vote), to throw the Red-dominated union out of control of its shop stewards' committee for the first time since World...