Word: toddlers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quiet, precise executive, Harvey Jr., the eldest son, stepped into his father's shoes at the age of 39. As a toddler he had pulled the lever to start the first Firestone tire plant operating, and like his brothers,* he went to work climbing through the ranks after graduating from Princeton. As president during World War II, he turned to synthetics, made Firestone the first U.S. company to produce man-made GR-S rubber on a large scale...
...compared to some 130 hours in the U.S.). The screen must be left blank on Sunday mornings so as not to compete with churchgoing; no Sunday afternoon shows may be aimed at children, because they might entice them away from Sunday school. At 6 every evening will occur the "toddler's truce," an hour of TV silence, so that parents can wring out their moppets and put them to bed. The program companies have made an unwritten agreement to limit U.S. imports to 25% of the week's programming. But arrangements have already been made to acquaint Britons...
...Yell Leader. As a towheaded toddler, Goodie never had to be urged to climb up on a chair and sing or recite for guests. When he reached Manual Arts High School, Goodie swam in his natural element. There was plenty of competition (among his class of 1915: General Jimmy Doolittle, Frank Capra, Lawrence Tibbett, former Lieutenant Governor Buron Fitts), but Goodie rose like a bubble in a glass of beer to the head of the class. He was yell leader, composer of school songs, star of the debating team, an enthusiastic member of the glee club and the dramatic society...
...impression on my mind that I itch to get it down on paper." Puleston is self taught, though he had a family background that fitted him well for bird painting: his mother was an artist, and a favorite uncle took him on bird walks when he was still a toddler...
...Toddler Trade. In a bid for family travel business, Chicago's Pick Hotels Corp. (21 hotels) began a new family plan for parents traveling with their children. No room charge is made for children under 14; baby sitters are provided at the going local rate (50?-75? an hour at the Congress Hotel in Chicago); toys, cribs and strollers are provided free...